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THE TECHNICAL LANGUAGE OF DIGITAL B2B INFRASTRUCTURE

PRACTICE
EXPERIENCE DESIGN

Interaction Design

The design of how people interact with, receive feedback from and move through products or services to achieve objectives.


BUSINESS RELEVANCE

Well-designed interactions reduce errors and support costs, improve task completion and trust, and turn functional requirements into usable customer experiences.


IMPLEMENTATION EXAMPLE

A payment flow validates fields without losing entered data, explains errors next to the relevant control, confirms the transaction clearly and supports keyboard and assistive-technology use.


LIMITATIONS

A polished interface cannot compensate for the wrong task, inaccessible foundations or poor service design. Patterns that work in one context may fail for different users, devices or risk levels.


TECHNICAL EXPLANATION

Interaction design specifies behaviors, states, controls, feedback, timing, error handling and transitions across a user flow. Practitioners use task analysis, prototypes and usability evaluation to test whether the interaction is understandable, efficient and accessible.


Secondary Topics

Systems Architecture

Sources

Interaction Design Foundation — What Is Interaction Design? — https://ixdf.org/literature/article/what-is-interaction-design; W3C — Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 — https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/

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