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Jun 12.2019

Can someone explain to me, in the most simple terms, the difference between UI and UX?

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@HelenMJun 12.2019 — UI is made up of all the elements that enable someone to interact with a product or service. UX, on the other hand, is what the individual interacting with that product or service takes away from the entire experience.
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@NogDogJun 12.2019 — UI is _how_ the user interacts with the application: the how and where.

UX is _why_ the UI is designed the way it is, and how effective it and the application are at helping the user accomplish whatever it is the application is supposed to help them do.
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@SukhwinderSinghJun 12.2019 — UX (User Experience) - UX Design refers to the term User Experience Design. Clear, right? Well you might note immediately that despite what I implied in the introduction, the definition has no reference to tech, no mention of digital, and is vague at best. But like all professions, it’s impossible to distill the process from just a few words.

UI (User Interaction) - User Interaction is when the user and a computer system interact, in particular the use of input devices and software.
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@codyhillJun 12.2019 — @altsyset#1604598 UI = use interface . The exact thing that you see when you open an app or an site. The interface.

UX = user experience. Meaning how the use can interact with the design (framework). How intuitive it is. The reason why the UI looks how it looks.

Basically UI is what you see and UX is how good it feels navigating the app or site :D
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@NogDogJun 12.2019 — > @RaulRogojan#1604611 UX is how good it feels navigating the app or site

I quibble a bit there: it's not really (or at least not only) how it feels, but more importantly how effective it is at getting users to use the site for its intended purpose. That's why an effective UX team will do a lot of measurement, including A/B testing on the live site, user testing with interviews -- even eye-tracking monitors -- and so forth.

That's why Amazon's pages are never going to win graphic design awards, but you can be sure they're constantly tweaking things to increase the number of times users click the one-click purchase button. :)
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@codyhillJun 12.2019 — @NogDog#1604613 of course, I was just trying to keep it as simple as possible. As he asked :D
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@VITSUSAJun 13.2019 — @altsyset#1604598 Click on mentioned hyperlink to know about the difference between UI and UX -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=Vnz_JbjxKFQ
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@AppsmavenJun 14.2019 — Hi,

UX Design refers to the term User Experience Design, while UI Design stands for User Interface Design.

First comes UX, then UI design. UX is the process, UI is the tangible stuff.
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@altsysetauthorJun 14.2019 — I'm sorry I was not actively taking part in that discussion, thanks so much. Believe it or not internet was completely blocked where I live 😡. Anyways can u guys list some of the tasks UI designer does compared to UX designer? Is UX designer possibly a one man/woman job?
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@NogDogJun 14.2019 — I would think of it as UX focusing on the web site design/usability with the goal of optimizing the success of the application, with the UI design being a _product_ of that UX work. Then graphic and front-end developers implement that UI design. But whether all of that is done by one person or each part is done by a team of people is dependent on the situation (company, size of project, budget, etc.); and what one company might call a "UX Team" another might call "that guy on the front-end team that's good at web design." 🤷‍♂️
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@altsysetauthorJun 14.2019 — Definitely company size matters but the reason I was asking that was because I got the feeling that UX design is about the whole system.

From what you guys have been saying and from reading around, I realized that UX is determined by a good system. It's not just about the interface design but it's about the whole engineering, may be FB, performance etc. And how that makes the user feels.

UI is about the interface, it's the gate to the system. So I thought that could be a one guy job supported by may be graphics designer, typographical experts etc.

But UX is a whole different beast. I wonder how companies handle it?
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