Snapchat, Instagram, Whatsapp and X number of apps have made *Stories* into a full blown feature where the complete screen is used to either show you an image or a short 10 second video. How do you design imagery for such an interface where the attention span is significantly low.

The full screen mode has become the standard for interaction. Design for such an interface has become more challenging, as the audience has a shorter attention span. This has helped designers to experiment with bold text and bright colors, thereby drawing the attention of the users. This format has got many new design forms out there and it is inspiring creativity from designers. This is a great read on this subject from the early days of Snapchat https://medium.com/dm-uxd-and-other-acronyms/designing-for-discover-304906f4c206The format has kindled creativity like never before. Designers now have a canvas to engage the user and there are no limits and bounds. It truly is a great time for creativity and experimentation.

The Stories feature on communication apps are slowly becoming the standard for how we interact. How do you design for such an interface? - Abhilash Jain

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Why I feel Medium is great place to build your Design Portfolio and showcase your UX and Design Thinking skills

Aug’17 I enrolled in Interaction Design Foundation(IDF) and completed five of its courses in three months. To get practical hands-on I then completed Freelance Web Design course on Udemy, and have written more about it here.Soon I started participating in design contests on 99Designs and submitted two designs. But soon realized that it is better to build portfolio and start approaching for work instead of putting too much time and energy on crowd-sourcing design contests.I was looking for a better way to create a portfolio. I did not want to just put out my design on Dribbble and Behance. I wanted to put my thoughts and research which goes behind the actual design and explain the process. This approach was inspired by The Dribbblisation of Design, special and heartfelt thanks to Paul Adams. I still go through this article every now and then to make sure I do not fall into this trap.Luckily I came across Portfolio Principles by Martijn van den Broeck and following the lead I started working on mine, Portfolio - Vikrant Singh. Since I saw many people talking about design, I thought to introduce this new way of building the portfolio and putting oneself out.Let me know your thoughts on this!

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Kuldeep Sharma Curious about UX and Design

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Yes, Stories are now coming on most of the communication app but I still doubt their success. I have hundreds of Whatsapp contact and only 2-3 people update Status(stories) on regular basis. Also, I find that on apps like Snapchat, Insta, etc., popular people (mostly celebs) use the stories features more. Normal people like us are rare. I am talking with respect to my contacts, may be other people have more contacts with Stories.

Coming to design, I feel the time given is quite less. The attention span is really low as you said. Maybe we can call it "Shorts"? I think Stories is too big a term for what we get. Also, I feel there should be no time frame for any image. Usually the image dissappears before I figure out what's happening and I have to bring it back. I think it should be swipeable. Once you are done understanding and admiring the pic, you can swipe for the next.

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Rajdeep Sharma UX and Design excites me

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I think it would be more inviting and encouraging for the reader to read the Story by putting up an extract like the Old School. If there is a then the story should be folded (read more ... ). But rather than showing the first 3-4 lines and expecting the user to read more may not be really of the reader's interest. When we start a story, we just start building it from a context. However, instead of showing the first few lines, what if we show the Important Extract / Highlight / Moral / etc on the wall. Reader will read those 2-3 lines and if interested would opt to read more. In this user knows what is expected from the story.
Like Job Posts or a Profile Heading, News Headlines. We punch in the Story heading.
Now with so much creativity with our designers today, there is much to add and so many interesting ways to present it.

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