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User interface

Meaning in UX/UI design, with examples

/ˈjuːzər ˈɪntərfeɪs/nounCore term

In UX/UI design, user interface means: The screens, buttons, menus, text and other visual parts of a product that people see and use to interact with it.

In Turkish: kullanıcı arayüzü, arayüz, UI

How it is used

Usually shortened to UI and said letter by letter ('you-eye'). Used for the visual and interactive layer of apps, websites and devices: UI designer, UI kit, a clean UI. Voice assistants and car dashboards have user interfaces too.

Example sentences

  1. The new user interface looks modern, but users can't find the search bar.

  2. Our user interface team owns the icons, colours and spacing rules.

Common collocations

  • intuitive user interface
  • clean user interface
  • user interface design
  • UI designer
  • user experienceHow easily people reach their goals and how they feel when they use a product, service or website, from the first visit to getting help later.
  • interaction designThe part of design that decides how a product behaves when people use it: what happens when they tap, type, swipe or wait, and how the system responds.
  • componentA reusable building block of an interface, such as a button, card or input field, designed once and used in many places with the same look and behaviour.
  • visual hierarchyThe use of size, colour, contrast, spacing and position on a screen so that people notice the most important elements first and read the rest in a clear order.

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