Talking about the design of software Man-machine interface

Design is well known, software is a tool, and the exchange of information between the software and people through the interface, so the ease of use and aesthetics of the interface becomes very important, this needs to take advantage of the principles of human-machine interface design and design methods. In general, the completion of the software interface design needs to consider the following issues:

----1) Overall layout design of the interface, that is, how to make the layout of the interface become more reasonable. For example, we should put buttons that are similar to each other and distinguish them from other buttons on the style so that users can use them more easily.

----2) The operation process design, that is, through the design of workflow, and the user's workload reduced, work efficiency improved. For example, how do we get users to do an operation with minimal steps. With other software, the mouse to click 50, moving 20,000 pixels on the screen to complete the distance, and use your software just click the mouse 25, moving 5,000 pixels on the screen can be completed. Users will use your software more than four times times more efficient than other software, so users naturally choose your software.

----3) Work Interface comfort design, even if the user is more comfortable to work. For example: We use what kind of interface main color, can let the user be in happy circumstance, work the longest time without feeling tired? Red: Warm, dazzling, easy to produce anxious mood. Blue: Calm, technology, comfortable. Ming color: Clean, bright, but more stimulating to the eyes, long hours of work easy to cause fatigue. Dark color: quiet, atmosphere, less stimulating to eyes. Microsoft Company's light gray system main colors and icon coordination of successful use, has prompted the current international software products to form a standard, which is one of the important factors of Microsoft's success.

----4) Man-machine interface design is not a simple shell packaging, the success of a software is its perfect function to achieve, serious debugging is inseparable. But any product development before the overall planning, will also be one of the key factors in human-machine interface design, in the operation of the process to pay attention to not only the aesthetic and practical performance, will be more consideration of the product in the planning of the underlying technical guidelines, optimization reflects the soul of a software product.

----5) We need formal understanding and investigation of the implementation of the MAC shell Color innovation has led to the current personalization of all machines, but as early as the Acer has been out of the dark green chassis, but it is very failed. There are two reasons, one is designed or not enough, another is bad timing, because at that time the public's taste is not enough. We need to have a formal analysis of the needs of partners, Man-machine interface design can be properly implemented. Visible from the above, Man-machine interface design is a very strong comprehensive discipline, it not only by computer technology, but also rely on psychology, cognitive science, linguistics, communication technology and drama, music, art aspects of the theory and methods. So in order to reach the user interface, we need to learn the human-machine interface design of the subject, understand its essence.