{"id":680,"date":"2025-05-01T11:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/?p=680"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T11:57:20","slug":"ramble-5-ux-and-the-space-between-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/?p=680","title":{"rendered":"Ramble #5: UX and the Space Between Actions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/creators.spotify.com\/pod\/show\/aaron-usiskin\/episodes\/The-UX-of-Waiting--and-Why-It-Matters-More-Than-You-Think-e31uqb8\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spend a lot of time in UX talking about interactions: the click, the swipe, the submit. But what about the space <em>between<\/em> them?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That quiet, uncertain moment between <strong>&#8220;I did something&#8221;<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;something happened.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s where most of the <strong>anxiety<\/strong> lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And yet, it&#8217;s often where the <strong>least design effort<\/strong> goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>What Happens in the In-Between?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re waiting for a transaction to process, a doctor&#8217;s portal to load, or a recruiter to respond to an application, UX isn&#8217;t just the action; it&#8217;s how you handle the <strong>wait<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we design for trust, we <em>must<\/em> design for uncertainty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Great UX builds confidence during:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Loading states<\/strong> (check out Nielsen Norman Group&#8217;s take on microinteractions)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Progressive disclosure<\/strong> (let me do what I can <em>now<\/em>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Status updates that don&#8217;t feel like apologies<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the best designs I&#8217;ve seen lately are those that <em>don&#8217;t panic when the user does<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Reads<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&#8220;The UX of Waiting&#8221; by UX Collective<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;The State of UX in 2024&#8221; \u2013 Note how many trends are rooted in emotional clarity, not just visual delight<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&#8220;Designing for Trust&#8221; \u2013 Still essential reading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UX Ramble Thought of the Week:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clarity is not the same as speed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Slowing down the experience with <em>intention<\/em> might just be what creates emotional safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So my challenge this week is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where in your product is the user waiting?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And what does the silence feel like?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is it confidence-building? Or is it a void?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s design the in-between like it matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Because it does.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ramble #5 is part of Everything UX: a weekly reflection on the weird, messy, meaningful parts of design that don&#8217;t always make it into case studies.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me know what <em>you&#8217;re<\/em> waiting on. I might make it next week&#8217;s topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#EverythingUX #UXDesign #MicroUX #UXStrategy #ProductDesign #DesignLeadership #DesignForTrust #OpenToWork #UserExperienceMatters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@figma @adobe @invisionapp @airbnb @dropboxdesign @stripe<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@google @spotifydesign @meta @apple @intercom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@typeform @notionhq @microsoftdesign @uxcollective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>@nngroup @ideou @zocdoc @calm @verizon @intuit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spotify We spend a lot of time in UX talking about interactions: the click, the swipe, the submit. But what about the space between them? That quiet, uncertain moment between &#8220;I did something&#8221; and &#8220;something happened.&#8221; That&#8217;s where most of the anxiety lives. And yet, it&#8217;s often where the least design effort goes. What Happens<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"more-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link button\" href=\"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/?p=680\">Continue reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,6,7,4],"class_list":["post-680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ux","tag-uxresearch","tag-uxstrategy","tag-uxui"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=680"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adhdux.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}