Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
User experience (UX):
The emotions and reactions of users when they interact with
a product or service. Also, UX is sometimes used as an abbreviation for user experience
design, which includes design and testing methods that focus on the needs, desires and ac-
tions of a product's users.
User interfaces (UIs):
Locations, situations, devices and contexts where interactions
occur between users and products. A light bulb's UI is its on/off switch. A web page, and
its tools, are an online UI.
Waterfall:
Design process where the idea comes from the top, then advances downward
through the stages of conception, analysis, design, manufacture and testing.
Web analytics:
The practice of measuring user data to design and/or revise web sites
and pages for optimum use.
Wireframe:
A design showing the basic visual components of a product. A good wire-
frame shows the connections between underlying information architecture, and the basic
design users will experience when they see it on a screen.