Micro‐interactions Within User Interfaces

This article examines the impact of micro‐interactions on the user experience of digital products.
A well‐structured information architecture with beautiful illustrations is no guarantee for good user
experience. It is the small details that can make the experience of digital products more entertaining, more
intuitive and closer to people. Small additions make the product more appealing and give users an element
of feedback or satisfaction when completing a task. These details, called micro‐interactions, are feedback‐
based events that help users complete a task while making it interesting. The paper explains the process of
creating micro‐interactions based on the four main components, which are: triggers, rules, feedback, and
modes of operation and loops. Warning micro‐interactions as well as positive and negative feedback are
designed. The impact of the micro‐interactions on the user experience was examined through testing the
designed prototypes.