Practices to Avoid While Creating Flat Design
- Oversimplicity: Simplicity is the main aspect of flat design but if the design becomes too simple then it will be really difficult for user to understand the meaning of the element.
- Not Enough Contrast: If the design didn’t contain adequate contrast than its readability will decrease resulting in a bad user experience. So choose minimal color palette with right color contrasts.
- White Space Overuse: Flat design ability to provide focus on specific elements is based on white spacing. But if it is overused it may disrupt the hierarchy of application making it difficult to distinguish between content and UI elements.
- Inconsistent Typography: Using too many typefaces or wrong typeface combos in the application will result in poor visual appearance and will look disorganized and unprofessional. This will result in user doubting the brand authority.
- No Visual Feedback: Flat designs have low or no interactive animations for the user to distinguish between interactive elements and static elements making the application confusing. So do add subtle animations and shadows on hover or interaction.
- Lack of Responsiveness: Flat designs basic principle is to be responsive. So remember to create elements for screen ratios and should be fluid and scalable.
- Ignoring User Feedback: User feedback is really important for improving your website. Neglecting user feedback and failing to make necessary changes based on user insights can bring down your website’s effectiveness.
Significance of Flat Design in UI/UX
The creation of flat design was the result of development in responsive designs. As skeuomorphic designs were not that much compatible with application responsiveness. Due to the increase in mobile usage users shifted to small screens and it became a necessity for brands to come up with some new designs that may become more pro to responsiveness. Where the flat design came to the rescue.
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