“Design is everywhere. From the dress you’re wearing to the smartphone you’re holding, it’s design.”— Samadara Ginige
That’s very true!
Design is not limited to the digital world, but instead everything we use in our daily life is designed for human ease.
The hairbrush that you use every day is designed in a way that provides good usability when you are brushing your hair.
“Whitespace is like air: it is necessary for design to breathe.” –Wojciech Zieliński
Whitespace or empty space is an important entity in our life. Just look around you. Your living room is filled with different items. Within four walls, there would be tables, chairs, cabinets, sofas and other items.
Forms provide several controls that make it easier to collect input from users. Using the right control at right place is a challenge while designing forms.
A checkbox control has three states: unselected, selected, and indeterminate. The last state represents a situation where a list of sub-options is grouped under a parent option and sub-options are in both selected and unselected states.
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Search is a method of finding required information from large contents. Basic search is based on a single parameter (usually name) that is used to find an item. Advanced search is a way to find something from a large list of items by specifying a criteria including multiple parameters.
“Usability is not a quality that can be spread out to cover a poor design like a layer of peanut butter.” — Clayton H Lewis
Usability is the ease of use by which a user can work on a product to achieve his goals in an efficient and effective way. It is a measure of user satisfaction when he is using a product.
