6 Terms To Know For Ui Designers
6 Terms to know for UI Designers
1. BREADCRUMBS
IT'S AN ELEMENT USED AS A NAVIGATIONAL AID. IT ALLOWS USERS TO KEEP TRACK AND MAINTAIN AWARENESS OF THEIR LOCATION WITHIN WEBSITES OR SOFTWARES. ITS A BEST PRACTICE TO MAKE THE PARENTS CLICABLE SOT THE USER CAN USE IT TO NAVIGATE TOO.
2. 60-3-00 RULE
THIS ISN'T SO SPECIFIC FOR UI, BUT A SIMPLE DESIGN RULE THAT YOU CAN APPLY WHEN CHOOSING THE COLORS OF ELEMENTS AND HELP TO CREATE A CORRECT BALANCE.
YOU'LL HAVE 60% OF YOUR DOMINANT COLOR, 30% OF YOUR SECONDARY COLOR AND 10 % OF ACCENT COLOR
3. VERTICAL RI-IYTI-IM
IT'S A REPEATED PATTERN USED TO KEEP VERTICAL SPACES BETWEEN ELEMENTS ON AN INTERFACE CONSISTENT WITI 1 EACI-1 OTI-IER. APPLYING IT TO OUR DESIGNS CREATES FAMILIAR AND PREDICTABLE EXPERIENCES AND VISUALLY PLEASANT USER INTERFACE.
4. PADDING
IT'S TI-IE SPACE SURROUNDING AN ELEMENT'S CONTENT ON AN INTERFACE. DO NOT CONFUSE IT TI-IE MARGIN : TI-IE PADDING IS INSIDE, AND TI-IE MARGIN IS OUTSIDE TI-IE BORDER.
5. WIZARD
THIS PATTERN CONSISTS OF A LINEAR SEQUENCE OF STEPS TO COMPLETE A TASK. IT'S USED WHEN ARE REQUIRED TOO MANY ACTIONS OR REALLY LONG FORMS, HELPING TO DIVIDE THESE INTO SMALLER BLOCKS.
6. STEPPER
ITS FUNCTION IS TO HELP THE USER TO ORINTATE HIMSELF DURING THE EXECUTION OF TASK.