Elegant interaction design should be concise and complete

Article Description: Create an elegant interactive design.

The dictionary defines elegance as "graceful and graceful in form", and "scientific precision and simplicity", and we believe that elegant design, at least in the interactive design, combines both of these two kinds of perfection.

The flowing experience of interaction and the design form of simple and complex, bring to the user is each instantaneous perfect experience, can let you feel the whole interaction of the Acme elegance.

Elegant interaction design should have concise integrity, internal harmony and the emotional perception of adaptation. Be friendly and elegant, even if it is a mistake.

• Concise and complete

Yvon Chounard, founder of Patagonie, a famous wilderness explorer, is most apt to say: He cites French writers. Antoine de St.exupery, the pilot, said: "Perfection is not in the extreme but in the absence of pruning, and everything is." ”

One of the classic elements of excellent design is the simplicity of form: To simplify and conquer the complexity. For interface design, the task is accomplished with the fewest elements. Simplicity also applies to behavior, in visual design to give users a simple tool, that is, the use of less visual differences to clearly convey the meaning of the intended expression, for excellent design, less is more. Put aside those nightmare forms and processes, simplify your design, and don't let users feel frustrated and anxious about their interface and behavior.

• The Inner Harmony

The feeling of seamless is the standard that every good design should keep pursuing. Being able to convey information in a gentle and understandable way, and to show users what we really want them to see, is the rule of thumb to keep the harmony within the interaction design.

Poorly designed or even designed products that appear to be pieces of different parts accidentally pieced together, this lack of cohesion is not the product of the soul, the overall inconsistency, will seriously damage the product harmony. Different research and development teams to develop different modules of the interface, the lack of communication and unified design style, this is gradually, temporary, independent production of the design has been tossing holes.

A good way to resolve internal consistency is to build on the precise iterations of the details over the entire product framework. Identify recurring design elements in different environments, such as various interfaces and behavior designs that may appear in the product, before designing, removing every design element from these different environments, and through the whole method, you can see more clearly the small scale problem we should address, not Distracted by the massive problems caused by the environment. Instead of designing the same elements over and over again, try to design them independently, and then apply the entire design to the entire product to create the inner harmony of the product.

• The emotional perception of adaptation

More and more product design began to pursue a single (vague and complex) of the user's desire, not only overriding the user needs of an emotional pursuit, but many times the pursuit of singleness, often that will blinders, lost the most basic product user perception and recognition.

Targeted products to the user community is such a group of people:

1. They use products in the enterprise

2. Have the technical or corresponding professional

3. A single fixed operation every day, and carefully

In the face of such a group of users, the desire is only a small part of the pursuit, who can expect to manipulate the machine workers like the screw in her hands?

It is better to be able to control the risk of the system than to crave it, rather than to be cautious and even awed in every operation because of the diversity of perceptions that are too much in mind.

Adapt to the user's emotional cognition, can mobilize the user's emotion.

• Graceful warnings and failures

In either case, try to avoid making users feel constrained at any time. Eliminate errors as much as possible.

The polite and tactful expression of the inevitable warnings and failures is the best way to bring respect and professional experience to your users.

Author: Winder