Tell me more ×
User Experience Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for user experience researchers and experts. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote -5 down vote favorite

Some times I am confused about the test User Interaction and User experience. So can any one help me out to understand the terms.

share|improve this question
1  
This is very vague question.Please do some research before asking such open ended questions. Please also refer to the FAQ for what makes a good question – Mervin Feb 25 at 14:41

closed as not a real question by Mervin, Benny Skogberg, André, JohnGB, JonW♦ Feb 25 at 16:11

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, see the FAQ.

1 Answer

up vote 1 down vote

Although there are most certainly some overlapping factors between the two terms, there are some clear separations also. I would say that user interaction design certainly plays more of a part in UX design than UX plays in User Interaction but here's some thoughts...

In terms of the web, user interaction design could be focused on specific elements/actions. For example:

  • What happens to the state of a button when a user tabs onto it?
  • What visual feedback does the user receive after adding an image to a CMS?

User experience design deals with the above but also some other larger elements such as:

  • Information architecture
  • Copy writing
  • User Interface design

These are just a few examples but hopefully it's clear that User Experience design involves every element of a website or application and User Interaction Design is more about human-computer interaction.

share|improve this answer

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.