Get rid of Questions - User experience Practices

When you're creating a site or an application, your job is to get rid of question marks ????

-Because questions make you think.

We all live in a world where time is of the highest value. Users tend to visit your site or application while

• Looking for something specific
• Perform some task or
• Browse across

You and me are also an user for someone. Practically, we all feel happy when we find what we are looking for with ease. 

Definition of 'ease' in a user's context: When the user don't have to THINK

How do you help your Users?

• Decrease their visual affordance : Help users by giving them visual cues

Which of the following is an action button?

                                                                                                                                                         

• Decrease stress: Today, Human memory is expensive. Computer memory is almost free.

• Auto-fill datas as much as possible
• Give possible recommendations

• Give feedback: Help users to know whether they are on the right track

• Provide proper labeling for Menus

How would you navigate to the Life Insurance section in this menu?

• Provide proper navigation : People won't use your Web site if they can't find their way around it.

Ex: Breadcrumbs

                                                                                                                                                           

• Use conventions: Conventions are your friend. 

Enough people are now familiar with the convention of using a  metaphorical shopping cart on e-commerce sites that it's safe for designers to use a shopping cart icon without labeling it "Shopping cart".

Sometimes time spent reinventing the wheel results in a revolutionary new rolling device. But sometimes it just amounts to time spent reinventing the wheel

                                                                                                                                                         

By following these few tips while designing your site/application, your Users are less prone to Questions which make them Think.

There are more tips to keep in mind while designing your site/ application. Will keep blogging it. 

Happy Designing!