{"id":1990,"date":"2016-06-01T17:04:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T17:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.searchenginewatch.com\/2016\/06\/01\/the-three-us-of-mobile-design-ux-v-usability-v-ui\/"},"modified":"2019-10-15T07:10:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T07:10:57","slug":"the-three-us-of-mobile-design-ux-v-usability-v-ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/searchenginewatch.com\/2016\/06\/01\/the-three-us-of-mobile-design-ux-v-usability-v-ui\/","title":{"rendered":"The three Us of mobile design: UX v usability v UI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile design focuses, or should focus, on the user. This so-called user-centric design has generated a healthy obsession with the three Us: user experience (UX), usability and user interface (UI).<\/strong><\/p>\n

These terms, and the roles associated with them, are commonly mistaken and\/or used interchangeably. This is not entirely unsurprising as there are no ubiquitous definitions and some overlap.<\/p>\n

A useful way to approach this is to identify your typical mobile user and what they want to achieve<\/a><\/u>\u00a0from your service, then ask:<\/p>\n

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  1. Did they achieve this goal? How easily\/quickly? = Usability<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  2. Did they find using the service rewarding? = UX<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
  3. How do they physically interact with the device? = UI<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Robert Gaines<\/a>,\u00a0a Kansas, US-based web and app developer suggests adding a fourth element visual design, which is a good idea, but it would throw an unhelpful V in with the Us.<\/p>\n

    I would also include visual design, which ensures that static visual components, including graphics and typography, are attractive. The four are distinguished as follows:<\/p>\n