Design idea: The interface design of business Web application

It may be helpful to see this article on Smashingmagazine, which is about Web application design processes and guidelines. Translation more hasty, the wrong place please more advice, see the original point here.

Interface design for business Web applications

The design of business Web applications is often overlooked. I see a lot of programs that do not meet the business goals or the needs of users, they have a poor user experience, and caused a loss of commercial profits. More exaggerated, some designers are not involved in the whole process of the development process, but the entire responsibility to the developers.

For engineers who are good at front-end and back-office technology, they lack the design capability to accomplish this difficult task. Dissatisfied consumers, frustrated users, and failed projects naturally appear.

Next, we'll introduce the basics of the business Web application interface design. Generally speaking, people can provide many methods, techniques and guidelines about interface design, and here, our focus will be on business Web applications.

I. Web sites and Web applications
It's easy to confuse web apps with Web sites, just like a mix of user interface design and web design. In fact, they are very different in nature and other aspects, this article will discuss with you.

A Web site is more like a collection of Web pages, mostly static text, images and video, and so on, with limited interactivity (except contact forms and search features). The main function of the website is to provide information. Although some websites use content management systems to provide dynamic text, they are still information in nature.

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Web applications, on the other hand, are dynamic interactive systems that help businesses accomplish important business transactions and evaluate and improve their own productivity. Therefore, the primary role of Web applications is to meet the needs of different users according to clear business rules.

Web applications have higher requirements for users in terms of participation and knowledge storage. Rather than just accidentally using it, these users evaluate it as a platform for accomplishing important day-to-day business. In short, when they do not understand the operating mechanism of a program, it will not be casual. This is often the case for websites.

1.1 Different types of Web applications
The business scope of Web applications can be from invoicing for freelancers, to content management, file management, banking and financial systems, and so on.

We can differentiate between open and confidential applications . In an open program, users can easily access other registered users. They can use these programs online, choose to sign up for a free account or a billing account. Confidential applications are not normally allowed to be used outside of the company. Outside, they are just an "offline" program (although many systems show some functionality to business partners through services or proprietary interfaces). Such programs are typically run only within the company's internal network, and are available only to employees.

I don't know who created the word weblication , at least at the moment I like it, it describes what a Web application is. But that doesn't mean a Web application is a simple mix of web sites and programs, and it's a lot more complicated than that.