| Category | Industry | What we did | Platform | Project scope | Project cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | Analysts, Finance | Redesign, reskin | Web | 8 weeks, 13 screens | $13,000 |
This client asked us to improve the appearance and usability of their large scale enterprise web application. We selected thirteen key screens from the application that would serve as templates. We reworked the user interface design on each of the screens: we rearranged items, cut extraneous information, relabeled UI elements, tightened up the layout, and created an entirely new visual style, delivering HTML and CSS to the team to integrate directly into their code. We also made sure that the new design met accessibility standards. The details of this work have been obscured to protect this client's intellectual property rights.
BEFORE (left)
Since you're using the "squint test" to view these user experiences, notice that the navigation areas blend into the working area too much. And it's also hard to distinguish between data and controls.
AFTER (right)
The navigation area is shown in pleasing dark tones. This keeps users' focus on the work area.
BEFORE (left)
The original user interface has a scattered flow, and draws your attention to the blue data entry area in the middle. Guess what? It's no more important than anything else on the screen.
AFTER (right)
Information has been reorganized to be more readable. We also remove the navigation area. This is a modal task-something users must complete before returning to other parts of the user interface-and doesn't need global navigation.
BEFORE and AFTER
Users spend one to two hours a day using this interface. Notice how the main controls are now grouped together in a row, and the primary action for each item in the list is now a button. The readability and usability have been improved while using less vertical space-room for more items in the list!
BEFORE and AFTER
Sometimes your UI needs to have deep hierarchy-this screen is four levels down, yet you can not only make it out at this tiny size, but there's still plenty of room for the work area.