In week 5 we looked at illustrations in user interfaces. One of the topics we covered within that was Onboarding, a very new topic to me so I decided to learn a little more about why it is so important. I read a small article by Smash Magazine to help me gain this understanding.

A Roadmap To Building A Delightful Onboarding Experience For Mobile App Users — Smashing Magazine

After reading the article by Smash Magazine that was supplied to us by Kyle, I was able to get a deeper understanding on this topic as it was somewhat new to me. It spoke about the importance of the UX design and how you have to heavily ensure that you are providing resources for users that not only attract their interesting but also but lure them into making your app part of their everyday life. Studies suggest 90% of all downloaded apps end up being abandoned or deleted due to poor user interfaces or a first time negative experience so it is so important that us as designers tell a user clearly why our app is the one for them and essentially live up to their expectations so ours doesn’t end up within the 90%!