A simplified user interface (SUI) is an illustration of a
software interface that focuses on what's contextually important, reducing the rest to abstract shapes, and creating 'a stylised but instantly recognisable image'.
Similar in look to
wireframes, SUIs have uses in marketing,
[ ]user onboarding
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(for instance by Slack
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and Google Analytics
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), and technical communication
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.
As well as improving the speed and clarity of communication, for those creating documentation SUIs offer a degree of future-proofing against incremental changes to the interface,[ and aid the translation of documents into other languages.]
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