UI interface design related knowledge (I)

UI Some common terms in the design industry

UI (User Interface)： The user interface ;

UE or UX (User Experience)： User experience ;

UED (User-Experience Design)： User experience design ;

UCD (User-Centered Design)： User centered design ;

IXD（Interaction Design）： Interactive design or interactive design ;

PM（Product Manager）： The product manager ;

Visual Design： Visual design ;

IxD（Interaction Design）： Interactive design or interactive design . Definition 、 The field of designing the behavior of man-made systems , It defines the content and structure of communication between two or more interactive individuals , Make them cooperate with each other , Work together to achieve a certain purpose . Interaction design strives to create and establish the relationship between people and products and services , With “ Embed information technology in the material world full of social complexity ” Centered . Generally speaking, it is to design the interaction between software and users , By understanding user needs 、 The goal is , Use effective interaction to make the whole process available , And be easy to use . Let's be a little bit more straightforward , Is to solve how the software is used .

UE or UX (User Experience)： User experience . User experience mainly comes from the interaction between users and human-computer interface .

It refers to the whole experience of users when using a product . Their impressions and feelings , The success of , Whether to enjoy , Do you want to use it again . Problems they can tolerate , Doubts and BUG The degree of .

The product manager （Product Manager）： It is a position specially responsible for product management , The product manager is responsible for investigating and according to the needs of users , Determine what products to develop , Which technology to choose 、 Business model, etc . And promote the development organization of corresponding products , And according to the product life cycle , Coordinate R & D 、 marketing 、 Operation, etc. , Determine and organize the implementation of corresponding product strategies , And a series of other related product management activities .

Visual design （Visual Design）： Visual design is also a relatively general concept . In order to “ Vision ” As a way of communication and expression , Creating and combining symbols in many ways 、 Pictures and text , The visual expression used to convey ideas or messages .

All of these are UI Design related jobs , that , because UI Design 、 Interaction design 、 The work content of the product manager is highly relevant , And there are some intersections , quite a lot UI Designers choose from UI From interaction design to product manager . But you have to understand , this 3 After all, this post is 3 In a different direction , The professional abilities required in each direction are still very different . The final choice of how to develop depends on your own interests . So no matter doing vision 、 Interaction 、 Or product manager , First, it depends on whether you are suitable ; Second, it depends on your interests .

I understand UI After the designer's career planning , So an excellent UI What skills should designers have ？

Let's take a look at . User interface design mainly includes graphic design 、 User experience design and application development .UI Designers not only need to have basic knowledge of software development 、 Interaction design capability , We should also have product thinking .

1、 Solid visual design ability .

2、 Smooth interaction experience . Good interaction experience can improve user interaction efficiency 、 More intuitive display of information related forms 、 Distract users and increase their patience 、 Express the mood and temperament of the product 、 Improve the sense of product quality .

3、 Product emotion with temperature . Making products friendly with users is the key to whether users can stay , Make the communication between products and users as friendly as possible , The product provides services for users .

Sense of trust ： Let users have a sense of trust in the product , In Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory , Security requirements are the second level requirements at the bottom of the pyramid . A sense of friendliness ：AI perhaps PS Quickly draw emotional illustrations . Sense of interest ：AE Make interesting feedback animation , Loading animation . immersion ： Cartoon image or some design language runs through the whole product .

4. Comprehensive summary and analysis ability .UI Designer is a very rational profession , We should learn to constantly summarize the methods to find and solve problems in the design , And the problems fed back by users and the methods to solve the problems .

5.  Vivid and rhythmic planning and proposal ability . The ability to plan proposals is a necessary skill for every designer who wants to approach the management . The review meeting after each iteration is a proposal , Sharing design experience with members inside and outside the team is also a proposal . Proposals need to have very strong logical skills , By the big face , Subdivide into small points . For example, a revision iteration , From the large frame layer , Interaction layer , Finally, we propose three major directions to the visual performance layer .