UIXA Venn diagramme
Websites and web applications that demonstrate maturity design excel in user interface (UI), user experience (UX) and user accessibility (UA) design.
UI can be defined as the design aesthetics that underpin the application.
UX involves the experience that users have interacting with the presented design language.
UA governs how inclusive the user experience is: are some disabled users excluded from a productive experience?
UI, UX and UA are therefore interconnected. For example, a well-designed user interface can enable a more productive user experience. This sweet-spot approach to design - termed “UIXA” - enables software and websites to be attractive, functional and inclusive.
The interoperability of UIXA can subsequently be seen in websites that clearly distinguish the design and placement of call-to-action (CTA), primary, secondary and tertiary buttons, as well as their various states (default, focused, hovered, pressed and disabled states).
Distinguishable CTA buttons intentionally encourage users to interact with a particular area of the page.
Furthermore, if the text on these buttons is readable with adequate colour contrast, and can also be integrated with screen-reader technology, then the CTA has an accessible design that can impact the behaviour of a wider range of users.
