What is meant by user interface
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User Interface... as name suggests it's a way of interaction between human and computer.
In earlier decades computers were used by advanced users only.. because command line (command line interface, CUI) was the only way of interacting to computers, but nowadays it has been totally changed, now we use GUI (Graphical User Interface) based software. In GUI based software we use a pointing device to do stuff, like sending an email, playing music etc... just by clicking on available options with pointing device like mouse, with the help of GUI it is now a lot easier to use computers without knowing much about them, and now touch screen devices are also avilable... all we have to do is just tap on avilable options or buttons with our finger to do things.
"if we want users to like our softwares we should design it to behave like a person: respectful, generous and helpful."
— Alan Cooper, software designer and programmer
without making easily understandable user interface our users will not be able to understand how that particula woftware works, to make them simple we have to design elegant User Interface which is user friendly.
we can follow below rules (kind of rules not rules exactly) to make our user interface user friendly
1. Make elements predictable, means add label on them, and lable should explain what that button will do like "send message"
2. Add icons if possible
3. Text size should be large enough to see it clearly
etc...