People everywhere and everyday use apps for all kinds of purposes. They use them for work, leisure, motivation, planning, socializing, learning, and the list could go on like this forever. Therefore, building a successful product that can stand out from the clutter becomes a real challenge. Consumers know right away when they don’t like using an app, and they can easily recognize when they actually love using one. What they fail to understand is that one of the main reasons they love using it, is because the app is intuitive.

So, if you’re a UX/UI designer, a developer, or a project manager, you should know what it means to build an intuitive app. How exactly can you build one when the concept of intuition itself is so vague?

 Every intuitive app revolves around one keyword: easy – easy to understand, easy to use, and easy to love. Although, the fact that it’s easy to use doesn’t mean that it’s simple to achieve.

 Throughout the whole building process, constantly think about one question: how will your consumers use the product. Everything you design or build should exist only to make your customer’s life easier.

 So, let’s take a look at a few things to keep in mind before you start designing a new app.

• EASY TO DISCOVER
  The first interface sets the tone of your relationship with the app. A well-designed interface displays, from the first moment you open the app, all the main features in front of your eyes. Yet, everything looks clean and organized to avoid any chance of being overwhelming. Notifications, messages, settings, and all the main functionalities are within reach of your thumb for you to click and explore.

• EASY TO UNDERSTAND
  You see a button with an envelope icon on top of it. Your intuition tells you that, most probably, that button will lead you to the messages section. You know the purpose of that button without having to click it first. The icon told you everything you needed to know.
  That is why, in an intuitive app, visual representation leads your journey as a user.

• EASY TO PREDICT
  That leads us to the importance of predictability. When you click on a button, you already know that something will follow that action. For instance, if you click on a +, you expect that to give you the chance to add new items. If the prediction doesn’t happen, you become confused, and you are no longer satisfied with the product. Making the design so obvious makes the operation predictable, thus making the app intuitive.

• EASY TO USE
  We’ve all used apps that make us go through tiring user flows, asking questions after questions, and moving us from one interface to another. So before you finish the task, you’re already annoyed and want to quit using the app. An intuitive product makes the flow efficient; it offers you what’s necessary, nothing less than what you need and nothing more. 

• EASY TO INTERACT
  No one wants to click on a button and be left waiting and wondering without feedback. No reaction from the app might frustrate you. It might make you repeat the action over and over again and make you fail to complete it. That is why, for every action, there should be an immediate response that lets you know that the task has been successfully completed.

• EASY TO FIX MISTAKES
  Using an app shouldn’t be so rigid; it should take into consideration your human flaws instead and help you correct them. Take Google, for example. When you search for a specific item and misspell the words, Google suggests the right options and the search engine still offers you the answers you were seeking. An intuitive app always offers solutions and solves your everyday mistakes.

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Outsourcing instead of having in-house software developers is, more than anything, a business choice. It helps you solve issues regarding time, money and skills. If it is well-organized, it can provide you with easy access to talented developers and hire good professionals at reasonable costs. But, like any business endeavor, first, you need to find the right partner.
What does “the right partnership” looks like? There are many different things, like for instance, we’re thinking that it looks like money, professionalism, and work ethics. Albania’s market can give you all that and more. So, let’s have a quick look at what this country in the middle of Europe, has to offer.

GREAT LOCATION

Remote working turns communication within teams into a real challenge. That is why you have to make sure you’re outsourcing developers from countries that share acceptable time differences with you.

Albania is situated in the southeast of Europe and is only a couple of hours away by flight from any country in Europe, Britain, and Israel. The country shares the same or similar time zones with these areas. The difference in time with the USA is approximately 6-9 hours. So, with this reasonable difference in time and proper remote team management, you can have full control over the implementation of the project.

A GROWING MARKET
There is a significant rise in software companies in the last years with several of them expanding internationally. The market is opening to foreign opportunities and it’s pushing more and more young Albanians to pursue a career in software engineering.

 SIMILAR WORK ETHICS

Regardless of certain cultural differences, the country is in the center of Europe and has close ties with the United States. So, Albanians, especially those working in the software development industry are very familiar with western work ethics.
Companies in Albania organize their daily tasks and manage their time and work relations the same way as any company situated in the west, making any kind of collaboration move on flawlessly.

EXCELLENT ENGLISH
Communication, the number one requirement of working with an outsourced remote team, is based on speaking a common language. Thankfully, young people in Albania, especially those into software and coding, due to their professional training, are usually fluent in English. This way there are no language barriers, and you can easily speak with your team and understand them.

BEST VALUE FOR MONEY

Everyone wants to hire the best developers, however not all companies can afford to do so. Outsourcing comes as the solution, although a good entrepreneur knows that outsourcing is not about hiring the cheapest developers. Outsourcing it’s about hiring the best with the money you have.

Like many western countries in Albania, you can find highly qualified professionals, but unlike other countries in the west, outsourcing in Albania can be profitable and inexpensive. Here you can find developers that offer top services at favorable prices.