Simplified user interface

A simplified user interface (SUI) is an illustration of a software interface that focuses on what's contextually important, reducing the rest to abstract shapes, and creating 'a stylised but instantly recognisable image'.[1]

Similar in look to wireframes, SUIs have uses in marketing,[1] user onboarding (for instance by Slack[2] and Google Analytics[3]), and technical communication.[4][5]

As well as improving the speed and clarity of communication, for those creating documentation SUIs offer a degree of future-proofing against incremental changes to the interface,[1] and aid the translation of documents into other languages.[6]

Further reading
  • Johnson, Tom (19 January 2019). "Write the Docs podcast episode 33: simplified user interfaces, with Anton Bollen". I'd Rather Be Writing. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  • Saremba, Leonie; Bollen, Anton (February 2021). "Simplified graphics and screenshots in software documentation". TCWorld. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  • Segelin, Steve (2018). "Graphic content warning: the pros, cons, and alternatives to screenshots". WriteTheDocs. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  • Cassidy, Kat. "Creating beautiful SUIs". katcassidy.com. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

References
  1. Bollen, Anton (7 August 2019). "Simplified graphics: meet the new design style for technical communication". LinkedIn. Retrieved 27 June 2021. (Originally published as 'SUI: revolutionising graphic effects', Communicator, Summer 2019, Institute of Scientific and Technical Communicators (ISTC).)
  2. Simon, Justin. "3 great examples of simplified user interface". TechSmith. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  3. "Discover". Google Analytics. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  4. Ballard, Paul (Summer 2021). "The globots are coming". Communicator. ISTC. pp. 14–15.
  5. "Simplified user interface". Society for Technical Communication (STC). Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. Wiedemer, Michele (19 January 2019). "Simple solutions to evergreen images". LinkedIn. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
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