Read More]]> User experience is that intangible yet integral component on an interface, which is measured by the user satisfaction that is derived while browsing your website. The rating of a good UX design is governed by its user-friendliness. This in turn translates to a higher probability of leads and conversions. An engaging and happy user experience is bound to leave a trail for the user to come back and explore more on your website. UX designs therefore form the cornerstone of your website design. They need to be intelligent and intuitive, to anticipate and respond to user behaviour and psychology.

Some of the Key Elements of a Good UX Design Are :-

1. Usability: This element defines the ease with each the tasks on the interface are completed. It could be something as simple an action as clicking a button to trigger an event, the response time , and the display format of the result. A chain of events are associated with every usable component of a UX design, which has to be optimized for ease, simplicity and quickness.

 

2. Product value-Projection value: The user experience is also driven by the product on offer. How well the product satisfies the user needs, determines whether the experience is going to be worth the while or not. The UX design should be tweaked in a way to showcase the best relatability between the user and the product. In short, the UX design should be able to add value to the product and demonstrate the same to the user.

 

3. Accessibility & Adoptability: How adoptable is your website interface on varying platforms/devices/browsers will pay a vital role in delivering a pleasant user experience. A website that hangs with certain browsers or user interface components that take a long time to load, or a roundabout navigation for a simple task, makes your site poorly accessible. With the increase in mobile access to websites, UX designs need to be geared up, for greater flexibility.

 

4. Emotional Appeal/Desirability: The emotional appeal associated with a product/service to a large extent determines its usability as well. How the product plays around the psychology and emotions of a user is vital as to the level of engagement it can strike. An attractive UX design with lots of visual appeal can go a long way in bagging the deal for your business.

 
The chief elements of a UX design, work in a collaborative fashion to deliver the ultimate/unsurpassed user experience . With the aim to deliver customer satisfaction and user happiness, Pixint’s UX designs are research-intensive to deliver the best for your business, by projecting the best to your user!
 

Read More]]> Companies spend trillions of dollars on customized stand-alone HR applications. Where these applications seem to embrace a large scope, most of the functionalities embedded within them in the name of ‘value-added services’ go unused. Besides, these applications incur high implementation and maintenance costs, which may take the organization a few years to break even. Browser-based applications on the other hand, of late have taken the digital world by storm more due to their cost-effectiveness and flexibility. Designing and developing HR applications to suit client’s environment can be a big task due to the involvement of multiple employees, hierarchies and managerial roles.

The MYNICE HR application is designed to fit into multiple user hierarchies that involve several levels of management. Users are segregated into three different categories – base level users or employees, the immediate line managers and organizational controllers who are responsible for the final signoff on the task. The application is designed to handle HR service requests in terms of passport release, housing advance, transport advance, duty and absence information, new joinee and overtime calculations. Each request comes with a typical workflow which goes to the final approver for acceptance. Access to the request forms are restricted at the same time recording request progress thus maintaining transparency of the action.
 

Besides request management, the application also offers calendar maintenance to display all events, announcements, trainings and birthdays. The library facility managed by dual levels of users can have study documents uploaded for the benefits of all employees. A universal and all-encompassing staff directory stores and manages all personal and important details of each employee inclusive of passport numbers and other confidential employment documents submitted by them. This page is highly restricted and managed through prudent hierarchical access. Important event alerts such as birthdays, passport expiry, visa expiry and any time bound document can be configured to an alert. Report generation and MIS for each of the above said activities is available through the application.

MYNICE offers interoperability between applications and is easier to integrate with other available systems. The architecture allows improvement in business processes and operational workflow. The application is easy to access and less complex to operate. All upgrades are uploaded on to the host server from where it is universally accessible. Server administrators are constantly monitoring the dedicated servers that are deployed for the purpose thus providing enhanced security. Flexible core technologies have been used to develop MYNICE making it more useful and easy to maintain.
 
The MYNICE HR Application has received a positive response across the GCC regions of UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman.

Read More]]> The designations UI Designer, UX Designer and UI Developer, are all familiar with the technical world. Many fail to understand the difference between their roles. Nearly all research is either centered on the difference between UX Designer and UI Designer or UX Designer and UI Developer. There is very little information available on the roles of all three acronyms together. We aim to bring to you clarity in all three positions rather than just a couple of them.

For one, let’s expand the acronyms -

UI designer – User Interface Designer
UX Designer – User Experience Designer
UI Developer – User Interface Developer.

All definitions in place, their functionalities largely vary. It is extremely crucial for all the elements to work together for the successful development of an interface / product. Let’s first explore them individually.

UX Designer or UXD – UX designers also called UXD, create homogenous concepts and solutions by integrating research and design. One of their most comprehensive roles is to understand user needs. Their focus is analyzing human behavior and implementing cognitive psychology competencies to evaluate customer reaction. The UX designer contributes to enhancing customer satisfaction by improving interaction thus amplifying usability. The UXD is responsible for all synergies between the customer and the company.

UI Designer – User interface design is an older, practiced field and encounter a variety of misinterpretations. The UI Designer contributes to the presentation of the product based on the communication and coordination of the UX designer. Unfortunately, UI designers are confused with UX designers and many a times their profiles are mixed up. When a company is looking for UI designers, they invariably post job descriptions complementary to the UX designer. The UI designer’s role is multifaceted function and has its challenges. They are responsible for content development, layout and presentation of the interface. Design research, branding and UI prototyping are their essential tasks. It is based on this that the developer arrives at the absolute product for the customer.

UI Developer – The UI Developer works in between the fields. Taking feedback from both the UX designer and the UI designer, the developer collaborates design and technical skills to code the interface. They have an in-depth understanding of how the browser works, production skills to create visual designs in Photoshop and converting such visual files into HTML codes. Front-end codes are harmonized with design to create a technically polished, quality output.

The process of developing the ideal user interface design starts from focusing on human behavior and ends in technological focus. It involves research, interactive design, information design, prototyping and finally front-end and back-end development.

PIXINT is a UI Design Company based in Chennai hiring the right candidates in the right positions to develop the right design, just for you.

Read More]]> With business and leisure, investments and interests, expanding on a global scale; there is an increasing need for being mobile and staying connected. Creating a mobile-friendly platform on a wide range of devices, with optimum use of technology, rivets the focus on mobile apps design and the rising trends in UI design services for mobiles . A good Mobile apps design ensures instant engagement with the user by presenting the chief attributes of user interface design: delivering functionality, user-friendliness and unsurpassed user-experience.

Steering Towards The Ultimate User-Experience For The Mobile User, Here Are Some Of The Mobile Apps Design Trends To Look Out For:

Flat UI : ‘keep it simple and elegant and flat’ is the new age mantra for the mobile user interface. UI design trends, aim at creating a flat user interface that have moved away from the 3-D effects(gradients, texture, shadows). The flat interface enhances the experience on small-screen devices as it maintains the quality and consistency of display on small screens. That apart, this type of interface helps to focus on the content and functionality of the app.

Tiled navigation : Tiling of the apps and its integral features not only increases visibility but also promotes ease-of-use of the application. Tiled navigation in mobile apps design takes to a modular approach that distinctly classifies each component of the application without overlaps and minimizing overheads(in terms of event-triggers, response-time, initiation-time)

Multiple device interoperability: A single platform can be operated across multiple devices, which may be absolutely dissimilar. To ensure the channel of functionality is consistent and smooth sailing across these devices, mobile app designs are continuously evolving to adapt to the different platforms, with the same agility and efficacy.

Full screen views: Most of the users are used to the conventional user interface design of a website page, featuring the banner at the top, the titles and the cascading menus. To streamline with the flat-user-interface, mobile app designs have revamped to full-screen navigation on a web-page, which will feature one single large menu with multiple actions to carry as per the user’s choice.

Animation : Animation can speak volumes about the app in terms of its presentation, content and deliverable. The usage of HTML 5 has increased significantly to render simple effects such as background-blurring and content-highlighting that can enhance presentation. Tweaks in the Mobile apps design through animation , helps to make the device context-aware with respect to the user’s coordinates/activity etc.
 
Context awareness: To have a mobile app designed to sense your activity is similar to having a hand-held robot who will be in tow, with your needs. These days, mobile app designs are ‘plugged in’ to work with sensors available with a wide range of mobile devices. These sensors can sense what the user is doing and can accordingly give prompts to the app for an adaptive user-interface. For instance, a switch of activity from sitting to a work-out can prompt the display of larger icons/buttons on the interface, or rescheduling priority tasks(such as incoming calls), if needed.
 
“There are many more to the Mobile app design trends, which continue to catch the eye of the user and avow to make the user experience memorable. UI design services have carved a niche for itself in this space. With a wealth of experience in delivering UI design services, Pixint stands out as the one-step interface for delivering qualitative, cost-effective and innovative UX designs. From user-experience to client-satisfaction, Pixint ‘s takes the lead for the mobile apps design trends!”

Read More]]> A student now need not necessarily possess money, resources any many other such things to learn what he desires. With the fast changing world and open source materials, the entire scene of learning is fast changing and the change is on a positive direction. This availability of online resources is increasing everyday and this is helping all the online users in one way or other. The students are immensely helped by this online resources as this is breaking all the boundaries which previously existed for many centuries.

Students’ Holding Power And Control

The students are now deciding and determining what they need to study and learn. The courses available in the internet are not limited to one branch or other, but instead spread across all departments and domains. This even opens new boundaries and avenues for the interested students, who might not have thought about such courses previously. This is indeed revolutionizing the way people learn as they are completely set free from all shackles. The technology is what made this possible with the upgrades available.

Technology Reducing The Cost Involved

The improvement in technology has greatly reduced the cost necessary for completing the education one has planned. There are diverse technological platforms that provide education related services. These include websites, online learning portals, e-learning, applications in computers and mobile devices, video conferencing and many more such solutions. The cost involved in education had been a barrier for so long that many students were deprived of education because of that reason.

Globalization Of Education Resources And Practices

The globalization occurring in all the parts and issues of the world has come across education too. It is encouraging to see this trend in certain aspects and education is one among the field, where it has brought out extraordinarily positive results. It has raised the overall ethos and quality thereby present in this sector. The resources are not the only thing which is globally available, the institutes and faculties are also global these days as the overall scheme of things is free to move around the world.

Student plagiarism and dishonesty are some regions of concern. Some critics feel that it is effortless to plagiarize or share answers because of decreased surveillance and enhanced connectivity. Distance education has come a long way since its occurrence, and more progresses are likely to come. Advocates are finding ways to modify up the detected shortcomings of e-learning, and new technical developments continue to add to the benefits that online learning may offer for scholars.

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Software developers belong to that category where they had to stay updated in order to stay relevant. So, they are at the compulsion where they must get to know the trends and strategies as and when they come to the surface. The software development on the other hand is one among the fields which update itself in some way or other every now and then. Here, we are giving some of the upcoming trends, strategies and updates of the software development and the usage of the software in the markets and industries.

Catering To Cross Device User Experience

The users are getting more and more diversified in all aspects as like devices used, geographic location, age group and so on. On the other hand, the user expectation with respect to user experience and interface is ever increasing. This makes it doubly difficult for the developers. By doing this comparability testing, the software or application will cater to more wider audience.

Balance Between Privacy And Progress

The younger generation is comfortable in handling over their information to a public domain, be it a website or any other social media platform. But, they are hesitant when it comes as too much of an intrusion to the public. The same younger generation is revolting if the information stays in the hands of government. While developing a software, the developers must keep in mind the balance between the privacy of users and the progress which is associated with the information.

Big Data And Cloud

In software development, there is no single big thing; but many big things as like Big data analytic like Hadoop and another similar thing is the Cloud computing . So, integration and working along with these technologies as big data and cloud will be highly important for any software development. Previously we have witnessed adverse decline in cloud adoption during 2013 (20 percent), but it bounced back and gained momentum by demonstrating a positive emerging trend in 2014 (28 percent) and is expected to reach 32 percent again before the end of 2015.

Considering the obvious software development and testing trends, statistics and strategies, we can confidently say that there is a bright future for quality assurance and software testing and development, especially in the areas of automation testing, performance testing and security testing apart from the development. Software developers need to be prepared and be ready to make use of the emerging opportunities in the multi-billion industry in the emerging market.

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The businesses are equipping themselves daily with the resources they find suitable for them. The technological companies are assisting the businesses with their solutions and it turns out to be advantageous for both sides. Every work or problem or issue can be approached through many ways and among them technical solutions is the norm of the day where most tasks are dealt technically and provided with technology solutions.The trend is reaping benefits and is looking to remain likewise.

Instances of technology elevating business

Every task has many plausible solutions. What we specialize is in providing technology solutions for any such work. Businesses have been trusting us with their requirements for a decade. Before foraying into what concerns you, please heed to us on how our technology solutions facilitate clients’ growth. It is the same with almost all the businesses where the solution make them prosperous, profitable and simpler to use.

ERP and MIS transforming the way companies work

The enterprise resource planning and management information system are providing excellent and precise technology solutions to the businesses every where. They are improving the quality of work every where. It also has numerous updates to them on the way. Companies and enterprises round the globe are embracing them and adopting their work style to suit these technical advancements. It has increased the productivity of an individual employee, and the accusation that it has led to the replacement of man with the machine is blatantly ignorant.

Some examples of applications improving companies

MY NICE is our HRMS solution for a retail shopping chain. During requirement elicitation, they asked us for a web application with an easy-to-use interface to track employee requests and to educate their employees. After brainstorming and research during development, My Nice not only served as a digital HR manager, but also as a common platform for communication between employees, employer and managers. Similarly EAM is our enterprise application solution for metallurgy companies. We planned it as an internal application to take care of work flow and manage master data with hierarchical user access. After deploying it to the client, it doubled up as multi-purpose facilitator making their work simpler, smoother and swifter.
 
Thus the latest trend or way of solving a work or task is by providing technology solutions to it. This seems to be the norm almost everywhere and in most of the cases. It also seems to continue in the same manner for some more years to come. It is profitable to both sides.

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Modern companies are burdened with multiple tasks. They are expected to deliver, that too with uncompromising quality and large number. The work force and resources available doesn’t come into the picture when the final output is considered and analyzed. So, the companies are in a better position when they equip themselves beforehand, forecasting the future requirements. Software solution in terms of ERP is the perfect solution for the industries and enterprises requirement.

Consistent Work Flow And Output

The modern enterprises completely rely on the group effort. So, it requires a large number of people coming from different backgrounds to work together for the same purpose. When it comes to professional work place relationship, there are chances of friction. These instances of friction will only reflect in the final product. So, as a manager or team leader, one should avoid these from happening beforehand. With the ERP solution, the inter-personal work place relationship takes second seat as the performance of the application will be consistent in all conditions whatsoever.

Customized And Dedicated Application Development

The generalized applications of the past have their own utilities, but they definitely are not the best possible solution for an issue. With a dedicated application or ERP solution, the purpose of the web application will be more precise and the productivity will increase. The overall morale and energy level of the organization in Toto will also have a positive effect with the automation and reduced work load.

How It Solution Will Enhance The Organization Ethos

Enabling Information Technology solution for organizational tasks will improve the overall efficiency of an organization. It is the same with all industries and domains. The IT solution shall improve the work atmosphere and employees. The MIS is another technological solution for a particular management related task.

The Changed Working Solution

In past times, industries gave importance to function over form. It can even be said that they neglected form. But today in the changed world, many businesses have put form before function. Though the industrial sector cannot put form before function, they are weighing form and function equally on the same scale. The ease of access and the intuitive enterprise application offers can be even addictive! After getting to use with a well structured work flow in an enterprise application, industries won’t prefer returning back.

Thus the technological solutions are gaining importance more than the physical and other solutions. They are gaining both popularity and relevance. Be it the ERP, MIS, UI, UX or business application, the industries are fast adopting themselves to these type of technological solutions.

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In the earlier days of application development, it was the developers who looked out for potential bugs and subsequently debugged them. Later, there came a stage when the work grew in its size and importance. It was then that the testing team was made separately. This move greatly benefitted the development cycle. The developers also could focus on a single task. This improved their focus and the development process. Gradually, the ways in which testing was done also grew in number.

Web-Application Testing Types

    The various types of testing performed for web-applications are of wide variety. Starting with the functionality testing as the most important component, there are some other testing methods which are important, but not widely used. The other important ways of testing include the usability testing and interface testing. Some other lesser important are database, compatibility, performance, security and crowd testing. All these types have a specific purpose and executed with a single motive in most cases.

Highly Resourceful Testing Team

    The projects are always done with a deadline. So, the development and testing teams ought to cooperate with each other. So, one team can compensate for the lacunae of another. It will lead to a healthy relationship which will greatly influence the development life cycle.  So, it is good to have a great rapport between the two teams. Another point here is that the testing and development teams aren’t mutually exclusive and have many overlapping qualities.

The testing is becoming the second most important team in any application developing Information Technology Company. Only development team is considered more important than that of testing. The testing is growing in its stature with automation becoming highly prevalent. The manual testing, which was adopted some time back is no longer the most used method for testing a web application. The uses of testing are only increasing after automation since it is becoming a multi – utility. The improvement in quality of testing is also equally important.

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Why the need for consistency in all design avenues? Because that’s what the Industry giants and famous companies have been practicing for long. So, if it is necessary to maintain design and style consistency, then the style guide also is also a necessity. Because the consistency can be achieved only through this style guide. So, is it enough to create the pattern library and style guide, or is it also necessary for the style guide to be unique. Let’s explore more about this in this post.

Creating The Much Needed Pattern Library

    The pattern library cannot be composed and completed in a day. It needs a long term vision and work. There are numerous attributes to be taken care of. Apart from the various attributes in the style guide, there are also many platforms for which the style guide needs to be suitable. So, the pattern library must be defined suitable for all devices and platforms. The same style guide will be applied for brochure, business card, logo, letterheads and most importantly in websites or in some cases the software.

Maintaining Consistency Even Within Style Guide

    The style guide by itself should not be complicated and missing in some areas. It should be able to answer all the future questions when any design task is executed. So, it should be both futuristic and visionary. The color code, icon gallery, card and snippet design and many other things ought to be defined here. The uniqueness within the style guide thus is a daunting task, but if it’s pulled off successfully, then the final design output will be extraordinarily seamless.

Much Needed Corrections And Updates

    The review system also should be set up at the initial stage itself. Then only some feedback shall be implemented without much effort. It should be contemporary and up-to-date with respect to style followed. The corrections are sure to come, and it must be made easier to imbibe them without much change in the consistent style. The typography, look and feel of the design elements also should be considered. The technical aspects shall be mentioned only as an outline without much intricate detail, as they are supposed to upgrade frequently.

Thus the style guide definition must be coherent, singular and unified at the first hand. When it comes to uniqueness of the style guide, it is not that much important to be kept in mind every time. Because once completed, every style guide would be unique.