Top 6 Best UI Design Tips for Application Developers
You can easily nail the UI-UX game just by applying some core principals of design in your application's interface. Here are my 6 favourite ways you can use to enhance your user interface.
As an application software developer, you always have to think about how your users will use your app in the first place.
The path (user flow) you set for them, will eventually be travelled by whenever they open your app.
Your UI-UX makes a big contribution to whether your user will going to hate your app or love your app.
1. Social Login
Social login boosts conversion since users can quickly join your platform.
Then, it's a good practice to put your social login on top of the page and place the email password authentication below.
Beware that privacy-oriented people prefer not to use social login then it's always good to have another option for them.
2. Validate Deletion
Never allow the user to delete something without validation.
People misclick all the time, and losing information forever hurts and creates a bad memory related to your product!
Make sure your UI supports (inline or popup) deletion validation.
Even the undo functionality is useful in these scenarios, although it's impossible sometimes due to engineering restrictions.
3. How to Apply the Brand Color
Colours are a core element for any user interface.
One of the most common mistakes in UI design is the over usage of the brand colour.
Avoid it by highlighting only the most important elements of your interface with your primary colour.
For the rest of the elements, combine tints & shades of your main colour.
4. Highlight The Best Offer
Always highlight your best pricing plan and make it pop out.
In that way, you help users identify the most used plan and you promote your top offer. It's a win-win situation.
To highlight the plan, use more than one design ways, eg. colour, size, elevation (aka shadow)!
5. Distinguish Selected Items
Always make sure that your selected items are easily identified at a glance.
Changing the background colour is a simple and accessible way to achieve it!
It makes the user experience better since the user can easily figure out which elements are already selected.
6. Choose Chart Types Carefully
Line charts might look trendier but they don't apply to every case.
When the x-axis has limited options, a bar chart is the most appropriate graph type.
Plus, the line chart might introduce false intermediate values.
For the specific example, let's say that you only had data for the total monthly orders (not individual days)
The line chart makes the data look daily, which is incorrect!
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