Why do software companies need interface design services?

In the same way, for software companies, software products are their products, and software interfaces are the appearance of their products. The beauty of the interface is directly related to the success or failure of the marketing of software products.

We can clearly see that Microsoft attaches great importance to software interface design. Please think back to the first time you saw win2000. Compared with nt4.0, were you amazed at the beauty and ease of use of its interface? And if you have used the xp system, you will be shocked and impressed by its amazing sensory concept! Kingsoft PowerWord of Kingsoft Corporation is an example of successful domestic software. The change from Kingsoft PowerWord 3.0 to Kingsoft PowerWord 2001 is a classic. The famous web page animation production software Flash went from 3.0 to 4.0, only the icons and forms were modified, and it immediately became more beautiful...

Successful software companies in the world today attach great importance to the beautification and design of software interfaces, because They deeply understand that in the fierce market competition, just having powerful functions is not enough to defeat strong opponents. We can imagine that when you are choosing a mobile phone, if there are two mobile phones with the same performance, but the first one is much more beautiful than the second one, which one will you choose? Of course it’s the beautiful one. Just imagine, your customers will also compare your software with that of your competitors.

Nowadays software companies all know how important advertising and marketing activities are to marketing, and they spare no effort in advertising, events, and promotions. But we know that the ultimate purpose of these activities is to allow users to purchase and use software products, and users ultimately use your products, so why not put more effort into the aesthetics of the software interface? In mature markets such as home appliances, cars, computers, etc., it is a joke to use very beautiful advertisements to promote a powerful but ugly product. However, such jokes are common in the software industry. This is also a big gap between China's software industry and foreign countries, just like Chinese football.

Practice has proven that as long as businesses invest a small amount in the aesthetic design of their products, they will achieve great output. Its input-output ratio is much greater than the investment in functional leading development.

After users buy the software back, a large part of their relationship with your company, or the performance of your corporate image in the eyes of customers, is conveyed through the interface of your software, which is so beautiful and friendly. The user interface will be very beneficial for promoting your corporate culture, instilling your corporate philosophy into customers, and for your corporate publicity operations. Especially if your company is engaged in project contracting business, a beautiful interface will give your customers confidence and a good impression, whether during bidding or after the project is delivered.

1. Consistency If you can double-click on an item in a list to bring up a dialog box, then you should be able to double-click on an item in any list to bring up a dialog box. There must be a unified font, a unified tone, a unified prompt word, the window is in the same position, and the buttons are also in the same position in the window.

2. Set standards and follow it

You can parameterize some industrial standards, such as IBM's interface design specifications or MS's design rules, which provide 90% of the specifications you need.

4. The prompt information must be appropriate and standardized

The prompt information must be easy to understand and have a unified tone, such as "You have entered wrong data" and "The user code cannot exceed 8 digits." With consistent wording, prompt information should also appear in a consistent location, such as a pop-up prompt window, above the window, or below the window. The names of users should be unified. For example, sometimes it will prompt "the user has entered wrong data", sometimes it will prompt "you have entered wrong data", and sometimes it will prompt "taxpayer has entered wrong data", which will make users confused.

5. Learn from good programs

Learn more about the interfaces of similar software, and analyze and understand them until you can distinguish between good user interfaces and poor user interfaces. But you cannot mechanically imitate other people's interfaces.

6. Unification of functions

There are some very commonly used functions, such as adding, modifying, deleting, and viewing. In the same software, these functions should have the same operation method. For example, almost all our programs have *operators to manage this function, but there is no module with the most complete and unified functions to call. As a result, although programmers copy this module to each other, after modification, each The operational management of the program is different.

7. Grayed out functions

Sometimes some functions are unavailable. It is best not to delete these button items, but to make them grayed out. This will help The user understands the functionality of the entire program.

8. Default button Use a default button that does not have destructive functions. In each window, for the convenience of users, a default button is generally defined. When the user hits the Enter key, a certain function can be quickly executed. , but sometimes users accidentally press the wrong Enter key. At this time, after executing the default function, irreversible operations, such as deletion or saving, cannot occur.