7 August, 2013
Recently I was involved in a web project where the main key element was the user experience. Our duty was to create a web interface full of options, interactions and images. Nothing unusual except that we are in a period of expansion and change; from tiny mobile devices to high resolution projectors.
Our mission was to give user all interface possibilities, but at what cost?.
After a thorough analysis and study, I will explain some basic ideas for programming interfaces; every day new mobile handsets come to the market with small-size displays and interactive devices embedded. At the same time large high resolution screens connected to super-computers. To all this we must provide a solution, we must be prepared.
But before I continue I’d like explain what I mean by interactive interface. It is the user interactive framework to enrich the user experience. In this framework we can use those devices and elements that provide the connection terminal with digital information.
I structured this set of writings following:
I think this is the best way to explain what we should keep in mind when designing an interactive interface and reach users in the best way.
Let’s start now…
I will not go into detail on what is the best programming language for devices and the type of information to be processed. We must care is about anything that we send to the user, all that is processed at client-side. My explanations are based in interactive web interface so I consider these skills necessary:
When a user browses our site, receives all (or some) of the above points, but we know nothing of the user; what connectivity he/she/it has? What device is used? What screen is using this device? Memory? Processor?
The best way to answer the questions is from the idea that the user has the slowest device and the worst possible conection bandwith. We can asure this by following these points;
Remember also that our server can send selective files to the client. This technique deserves a new entry but as an example, this technique allows us to send the customer a picture of low/medium/high resolution with a single query; what screen resolution allows client? I recommend knowing tools like Adaptive Images, a server-side library for detecting screen size at client-side.
In my next post I will write about devices and their components, components that can give us a lot of information but we must know how to process it in order to help the user and don’t disturb his/hers/its experience.
Tags: interactivity, responsive, ux
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