Speed is the second most thing which counts to the best user experience. Most of the user don’t have time and if your website is not responsive enough then they will leave immediately.
Follow some of the tricks to pretend that your website is fast:
Entering the text using mobile device is lot harder and time consuming than desktop. User always tend to do mistakes when typing on mobile.
Key points
It is space between elements in composition. The core concept is to distinguish the elements and the sections of the page. Elements of white space are:
Below is the example of use of white space
Key aspect of the user experience is the high readability of the content. Line spacing and letter spacing have great impact on the readability.
More you provide space int the elements more focused it will be. Prime example is drop box.
In the example above the user will find what they want in a second without any trouble because all elements are clean enough.
Simple is always best. But keeping things simple is very hard. It comes with hidden complexity. The process is called minimalism.
It is the act of stripping the page or form to its very basic and necessary elements that will help to give message more clear and loud. It does not mean removing the necessary navigation, buttons and icons.
Ask yourself following question after doing 1st draft of the your experience.
After answering all the above questions do one more iteration. Doing this exercise will help you to achieve the best experience.
No wonder words are the heart of the any web application but choosing right words and right typography is very important.
Typography is the body language and first impression of your website. It gives the feel and voice to the website. Below is the simple example :
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So make sure you style and design you webpage properly.Don’t forget the power of the white space and alignment.
Before we move on to the styling and fonts, lets try to understand how much user reads. A normal user can read 250 words per minute which means users can read 18 words in 4.4 seconds.
A study in 2008 conducted by Herzlich willkommen and Jakob Nielson and they come to the conclusion that user reads only 20% of the text on web page. This analysis was done on 45,237 page views with words length varies from 30 – 1,250 words for 25 different users.
Conclusion: Users reads about 20% of the text on the web page.
Now that we know less words makes more sense, so choose your words carefully.
Think of the way you want to present story to someone. The first thing that will come to your mind is that it should appealing and engaging. To do that you should arrange you words in such a way that it will excite someone from the first word.
Readability is also the key factor that engage the user. It mainly depends on the four things: