The biggest WTF in design right now

What are user flows and why you need to use them. An illustrated guide on going from “WTF, am I looking at”, to a clear design of how your app works.

My life-long goal is to spread the word about user flows… Nah, not really, but I do care deeply about technology and the way we communicate how it works.

I like to think about what tools and methods we use to get our ideas across among other designers.

I also like think about how we communicate with people outside of our professions, away from the comfort of our jargon and familiar tools. This is why I care about user flows and I guess because I’m building this.

In this article we’ll go through the big WTF in design: “What’s the flow!”. Answering what user flows are, the fundamentals of user flows, and then we’ll finish with a few examples.

Contents:

• WTF are user flows? 🤷
• WTF am I looking at? 👀 ⁉️
• The fundamentals of user flows 📖
• Putting it all together with examples 🔥

WTF are user flows?