Ideal States

Welcome back. 0:00 In this video, I'll teach you about ideal states. 0:01 As I previously mentioned, 0:08 the ideal state is how the UI looks when content perfectly fills the UI, 0:10 graphs contain data, the user has familiarity with the tool, and 0:15 the full functionality of the product is apparent. 0:20 Let's look at an app I've designed so I can show you an example. 0:24 My partner and I have a goal of visiting every county in California. 0:29 There are 58 counties. 0:33 So this is a big feat that will take us decades to accomplish. 0:35 I want a way to track our progress and 0:41 remember all of the experiences over the years. 0:44 For every county we visit, I want to add trip details and a photo gallery. 0:47 As you can see, I've designed this screen to show an ideal state where 0:53 I've been using the app for an extended period of time. 0:57 While I've made a lot of progress towards my goal, 1:01 there are plenty of unvisited counties too. 1:05 So there's more opportunity for continued engagement with the app. 1:08 Great, in the next video, we'll take a look at how this app would look for 1:13 a new user who doesn't have any trips displayed. 1:18 Using that as an example, we'll explore empty states. 1:22