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Suggest potential ways of improving the interface to avoid a similar problem recurring.

1. Personalize Your Design


The first consideration when it comes to good user
interface design is what the user likes and wants to see.
Become familiar with your audience through your
interactions (some sites hold polls to discover more about
their readers), and adapt your design to suit their
preferences.
For example, one glance at the Swiss Miss blog, with its
minimalist design and limited color palette, shows the
user that its content might appeal to people with a similar
aesthetic. On the other hand, this blog has very similar
design and inspiration content, but you can tell that it's
focusing on a readership that appreciates a more organic
and exuberant style.

2. Systematize Your Design


After you've considered the elements that will make your
site stand out, put some thought into how you'll unify
those elements into a consistent whole that functions in a
variety of applications.
Vanmoof chose to use a system of highlights in bright
yellow to call attention to the important information on a
page. Black text emphasizes the features you've chosen,
while light grey text implies that you can rollover it to get
more information. The site is designed along a strict grid,
and you can expect for information to stay consistent
across pages; for example, the details of each product will
remain in a box on the left. All these choices make a big
contribution to the ease of use that people will get out of
this site.

3. Think About Your Typography


When deciding how to guide user experience, typography
is often overlooked, yet is quite an important
consideration. Establish a hierarchical system of
typefaces and their weights and styles, and have a plan
for the applications and combinations in which you'll use
them.
4. Use Icons in Navigation and in Content
Icons are almost always a useful feature to incorporate
into any kind of site; they're an easy way to add depth and
interest to your brand as a whole, while also livening up
any individual page. They function well in
both navigational elements and body copy, and
interrelated icon sets can be combined to add even more
interest to the page.
This cloud computing guide shows how even very
minimal, small iconography can add a lot to a page,
breaking up block of text, guiding the eye, and enticing
the reader to continue down the page.

5. Find a Balance Between Images and Content


Many websites suffer from an excess of text and not
enough arresting visual imagery to keep the page
engaging. Although it can be difficult to come by or create
stunning, high-quality photography or illustration, there
are ways to overcome this obstacle.
This website does use photography, but the design is
primarily carried by the squares of bright color that work
with the typography to create an unusual but logical
system or organization. Powered by the Amazon
ecommerce software, it's layout walks a great balance
between displaying all the necessary content while still
allowing users room to breathe.

6. Consistent Navigation Can Still Be Interesting


As aforementioned, it's important to maintain certain
standards so that your users don't get lost and annoyed
searching for things. Keep your navigation across the top,
and your search bar along the left-hand side. Make sure
that your social media icons are easy to find, and your
clickable areas are well-defined.
That being said, working within these restrictions can still
yield great results. The Chitwood and Hobbs
website maintains a traditional horizontal layout with their
navigation, but it's made unique by the gorgeous
typography and interesting placement of elements.
7. Simplify Elements as Much as Possible
Even if you run a fairly simple site, it's always best to
reduce confusion by careful organization, and to include
as much white space as possible.
This webstore's products make it necessary to include a
lot of information; far too much to fit gracefully above the
fold. The design accommodates this problem by
embracing it; it gives a traditional, very simple product
detail page, then allows generous space for further
information below, set into clear sections by using
different background colors.

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