The software design is influenced by many considerations, including the “user experience”. Although it is now easier with Sketch
Many important considerations impact the software design, the goals of both a business and its users, user context, cultural considerations, paradigms platform, branding requirements, the “user experience” between many more.
While a primary focus for any software design effort must be data or other content being displayed, this key element often gets little attention. This is unfortunate and closed-minded. Given the approach that receive content, it must be a primary consideration during the design process.
It is common practice today represent the information and content as “Lorem ipsum,” repeating data, or just using them in the “best”. Actually, this is not what will be experienced in the final product. The information that must work can dramatically affect the final design, and this design will influence the presentation, type and formed of data.
Whether you’re using Photoshop, Sketch or any other tool or software design, it is worth to explore ways to bring actual data or valuable content to your static designs. On one side of the spectrum, this may simply mean having an understanding of what the data could be and unite sample content that can be assigned to it. On the other hand, your chosen tool could support different plugins or have features included that allow you to infuse real or sample data within your designs.
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Many leading companies in the segment use a variety of tools when creating static designs and are always in search of new methods that can benefit the process. In what has to do with the work of content and data, Sketch offers several interesting options for better “user experience”.
Sketch options to enhance user experience
- Users random generator (Random User Generator) for Sketch: As its name indicates, is responsible for inserting data from a random user in your design.
- Content generator for Sketch: We can quickly create dummy data as avatars, names, geolocation and more.
- Data Analyzer Sketch: Use JSON to populate a list of predefined layers.
- Financial data generator for Sketch: Generates fictitious financial information for data tables.
- Data villager Sketch: A new tool, useful for removing Lorem Ipsum
- Qwikly: A new Sketch plugin that syncs with your design.
It is always possible to manually enter content that you and your team have decided how best represents what could be expected from a production environment and the best user experience can offer the public.