Intuitiveness Simplified
Innovations on User Interface: Intuitiveness Simplified
Good user interfaces (UI) are those that allow users to accomplish what they want as effortlessly as possible. Generally, this means that such interfaces are easily navigable and intuitively understandable. Bad user interfaces are those that are complicated, confusing, and require much assistance from a hotline or manual in order to use.
Given how consumers today generally do not have the time or the patience to decipher difficult interfaces, the design of a device’s UI can literally determine whether or not it succeeds in the marketplace. Interface experts agreed, “As far as the customer is concerned, the interface is the product.” For this reason, manufacturers are focusing more and more of their resources in making user-device interactions as seamless as possible, developing devices that not only respond quickly—but even anticipate the user’s needs.
The latest in the ongoing evolution of user interfaces is what is referred to as “natural language interfaces.” Natural language interfaces present a potential revolution in human-machine interaction as they can eliminate the need for the presently ubiquitous graphical interfaces altogether. Rather than having to scroll through different menus and then selecting a final option with a tap or a click, imagine getting a device to accomplish its work by simply giving it an instruction in plain language!
As UIs continue to evolve at ever faster rates, so do consumer expectations and demands. Manufacturers of today and tomorrow can expect to survive in the marketplace only by continuously elevating the user experience through progressively more intuitive and anticipatory user interfaces. The trend is clear: In a world that’s becoming ever more challenging and complex, users are increasingly gravitating towards products that offer simplicity and ease.
FUJIFILM Business Innovation has radically redesigned its ApeosPort-VII/DocuCentre-VII Series to elevate user operability to new heights. Some key user-friendly features include an adjustable touch panel that leverages on the ubiquitous smartphone experience of swiping and tapping with a single finger, a host of simplified and colour-coded menus, and sensor-based automation, among others. When it comes to user-friendly design, you simply can’t get friendlier than FUJIFILM Business Innovation’s ApeosPort-VII/DocuCentre-VII Series.
