I've yet to meet someone who can nail down the actual difference between UI and UX
I don't know if this was rhetorical, but the difference between UI and UX:
UI is what you see, UX is how you use it.
i.e. UI is the physical appearance of your login screen. UX is at what point in software use you decide to show it. UX is also "How do we pace out the steps of the login flow, which items should go on which form", vs UI which is "How do we lay out the items on the screen in a visually cohesive way."
UI is about appearance, UX is about user actions and deciding when to present information to the user.
There certainly is overlap - bad UI can lead to a bad UX, and good UI makes for better UX overall - but I wouldn't say that "We should show the user the login button after they click purchase" is a UI decision. It's a UX decision. What to make the button look like, implementing the timing / look of the login modal or redirect is UI. But the flow itself is UX.
I hope this was helpful.
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I don't know if this was rhetorical, but the difference between UI and UX:
UI is what you see, UX is how you use it.
i.e. UI is the physical appearance of your login screen. UX is at what point in software use you decide to show it. UX is also "How do we pace out the steps of the login flow, which items should go on which form", vs UI which is "How do we lay out the items on the screen in a visually cohesive way."
UI is about appearance, UX is about user actions and deciding when to present information to the user.
There certainly is overlap - bad UI can lead to a bad UX, and good UI makes for better UX overall - but I wouldn't say that "We should show the user the login button after they click purchase" is a UI decision. It's a UX decision. What to make the button look like, implementing the timing / look of the login modal or redirect is UI. But the flow itself is UX.
I hope this was helpful.