Crafting UX of User Interface Messages
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The document discusses the importance of designing user interface messages that resonate with users emotionally, emphasizing that messages should feel human rather than robotic. It provides practical tips for creating engaging messages, such as knowing the audience, incorporating humor, and iterating based on user feedback. Various examples from companies like Dropbox, Yahoo, and Twitter illustrate how clever messaging can enhance user experience.
Crafting UX of User Interface Messages
- 1. Crafting UX of :: User Interface Messages ~ vishal mehta :: ux designer ~
- 2. What is a User Interface? It’s NOT JUST… Bu9ons Blocks Forms Controls Images NavigaBon
- 3. What about Text, Language, Words, Messages? Design for EMOTIONS
- 4. Remember! IT IS NOT COMPUTER TALKING TO A COMPUTER. USERS ARE HUMAN. MESSAGES SHOULD BE HUMAN TOO!
- 5. End-users can be easily embarrassed or frustrated, first with committing an error, and then facing a cold, blunt error message. Let’s “reward” them with “designed” messages that really contribute – at least to their moods.
- 6. How do I design User Interface Messages?
- 7. 1 KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE. 2 WIT, HUMOR, PUN, FLATTERY, SARCASM, METAPHORS – ALL THE SMARTS! 3 RUN IT BY USERS. ITERATE, TEST, REPEAT.
- 9. In case your Internet connecBon is slow and there’s a great amount of file transfer pending, Dropbox asks you to grab a Snickers! DROPBOX
- 10. While registering for Yahoo Mail, if you mistakenly enter a birth date that’s in future… YAHOO
- 11. Balsamiq Mockups helps you prepare Dinner if you reach out their “Help” menu. BALSAMIQ
- 12. Etsy calmly asks you a rhetoric, if you start a conversaBon and have only your Email address. The “again” part is a killer! ETSY
- 13. GMail throws exclamaBon back to you when you try punctuaBon in your user name. GMAIL
- 14. Fla9ery is indeed beauBful, proves Buffer. BUFFER
- 15. Snooze enough? Now wake up! Hootsuite knows of our mulB-‐tab browsing habit. HOOT SUITE
- 16. iContact shows “crazy” upside-‐down behavior if you try to visit a page that’s not there! iCONTACT
- 17. Craigslist shouts about Craig’s inability to match your typing speed, when you over-‐enthusiasBcally enter items. CRAIGSLIST
- 18. Expedia is direct and prompt – nice example of persuasion technique. EXPEDIA
- 19. Even the Captcha is relevant to the pladorm – either a celebrity or movie name. Wonderful connect. IMDB
- 20. This post describes the humor angle Everyday uses for their registered users. EVERYDAY
- 21. On changing password, Twi9er shouts “Woo hoo” and reminds you of the number of applicaBons that “spy” on you with your approval of course. (Spy is the word I would have designed here actually!) TWITTER
- 22. MASSAGE YOUR MESSAGE. TODAY!
- 23. Thank You )