You are supposed to identify the best software interface design Quality Attributes and then research about their ensuring Techniques and Methods that you as a designer has to follow to ensure the list of attributes identified for a good software design interface

You are supposed to identify the best software interface design Quality Attributes and then research about their ensuring Techniques and Methods that you as a designer has to follow to ensure the list of attributes identified for a good software design interface.

For a quality software interface design either it’s a desktop, android, iOS or web software it should be a user friendly interface. It must have all attributes which good software requires. Before explaining all these attributes and qualities requires for a good software design or interface, let me explain few terms.

Software: any program use by a user of system, custom, or for all users.

Software interface design divide into few key terms which are as follows:

USER INTERFACE: it could be the final screen that shows to the user side.

DESIGN: UI/UX themes, plugins consider for the design.

FRONT END: the appearance and the actual theme or layout of the software.

BACKEND: the coding, language, database use to handle the activates.

Qualities of a good software interfacedesign:

A good software design has all these qualities which are shown in the diagram given below:

Qualities of a good user interface design important rules:

·         Software should maintain consistency.

·         There should be shortcuts for the convenience of the end users.

·         There must be feedback information.

·         For additional information about any tab there must be dialogue boxes.

·         There must be recoverability options to minimize the error.

·         There should be redo undo options as well.

·         Design should be user friendly that every level of user can use it.

·         Minimize all additional information to make it easy and to remember the things.

Techniques and methods for software interface design:

Few of the following techniques and method must be apply on nay software interface to design any quality and user friendly attractive software which are as follows:

·         Reliability

·         Maintainability

·         Usability

·         Portability

·         Correctness

·         Efficient

·         Integrity &Security

·         Testability

How software interface should be look like:

Interface of the software should be very clear and easy to interact with the end user.

·         Use the correct and readable text.

·         Choose the soft colors.

·         Choose the buttons links.

·         Create FAQ as well.

·         When a user move cursor to any tab button it must be guide about the tab what it will actually do.

·         Selected tab button must be highlighted for the user.

·         Easy and common icons use in the software.

·         Keep the ux/ul simple and easy.

·         Interaction with the end user should be easy to use.

·         It should be focus on important points and highlight all.

·         It should be use latest designs.

·         Do not use outdated IPS.

·         Do not use less space server.

·         Media size should be decrees before using it on the website.

·         Layouts should be simple and easy to use.

·         Software should be flexible to adjust new updating and design add in it.

·         It should be compatible with more number of devices.

·         Platforms used should be latest on which software being used.

EXMAPLE OF A GOOD SOFTWARE DESIGN:

Microsoft word is a user friendly and having all points which a good and quality software must have, when I move cursors will guide what to do let me show in the screenshot. Whenever I move cursor on any tab or button it tells what to do, what this tab about, what function it will be perform. It’s a feedback quality which every good interface must have.