Phase 6 · Interaction Design & Micro-interactions

Topics

Feedback & System Status

Part of the UI/UX Design Roadmap.

Summary

Always showing the user what's happening — a loading spinner, a success confirmation, a progress bar — so they're never left wondering if their action worked, is still processing, or failed silently.

How to Learn This

  • 1Audit a flow for any point where system status is unclear or missing entirely.
  • 2Design explicit loading, success, and error feedback states for a sample action.
  • 3Learn this maps directly to the first of Nielsen's usability heuristics (Phase 7).
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