User interface and User experience are very close to each other, both needed a very detail attention in between.
Recently I just finished code a new layout for simplyWP, an Internet web design firm co-found with my wife. There are a few points I learnt from the process.
Javascript is not so necessary
It is not always about the technology. Javascript can be very helpful if implement nicely and functionally. However, over using of Javascript on a web design, not only will it burden the loading time (Did you know recently Google put loading time into the PR ranking too?). I dumped a few fancy Javascript after a few round of testing the site.
Little graphic is necessary
Icon is a good attention grabbing tool. There is a reason why a lot of web designers are coming out with new icons design almost everyday. I personally don’t use much graphic, not the mention icons. But on this project, I like how the icons works on grabbing the attention of the user as well as call-to-action button.
Time to resume my job while learning from this priceless experience.
I find these points I learnt are great for the recent auto insurance quotes project. Call-to-action is what web design needed to do most. There is this project ending soon, but I might take some times adjusting it a little bit more 