In this three-part series, I’ve set out to uncover the main principles behind the CUI.
- Part 1: the top 8 questions to ask yourself before creating a conversational UI.
- Part 2 is about designing a chat bot for Facebook Messenger.
Now I’ll reveal the secret to writing engaging chatbot dialogue. So dust off your typewriter, brew a bucket of jet-black coffee and put on a writer’s hat.
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Together with the tremendous reach of messengers like Facebook and Telegram, conversational UI (CUI) allow businesses to talk to billions of customers in their natural habitat. For instance, MindK reaches out to web-development newbies via WannaBe.Guru chatbot.
It is certain that the year 2018 will bring new challenges and opportunities for the UI design industry.
In the current age of machine learning, VR or VUI (Voice User Interface), and AR, we can expect the following trends to become more popular in 2018 and beyond.
A few of these trends are already in practice as the designers have started putting their efforts in making the user experience more lifelike and personalized since the year 2016. Pokémon Go is an epitome of such efforts.
All these trends indicate the fact that the lifeless experience will no longer prevail as the user passes through the paradigm shift from seeing to experiencing things.
Let us go through these top seven UI design trends: