Improving the User-friendliness and Ease of Use of Network Security Software through Visual Communication Design

Abstract

Existing network security software generally has problems such as overly complex interface design, unreasonable navigation structure and imperfect error handling mechanism. This paper uses visual communication design methods to simplify the software interface, optimize the navigation structure and improve the error handling mechanism. In the interface simplification design, combined with the characteristics of network security software, a flat layout is adopted to reduce redundant security configuration items, optimize the layout of security functions, and highlight key security functions to reduce the user’s learning cost and risk of misoperation in complex security operations. When optimizing navigation, breadcrumb navigation and global search functions are added to facilitate users to quickly locate security settings and monitoring functions, and quick entrances to important security functions are added to the interface to improve the user’s response efficiency in emergency security incidents. By optimizing the display of security prompt information, the accuracy and guidance of error prompts are enhanced, and automatic recovery mechanisms and security log recording functions are applied, improving the system’s ability to handle security incidents and user response speed. After the interface is simplified, the time to update the software is reduced from 7 minutes to 4.5 minutes, and the navigation operation steps for professionals to handle system alarms are reduced by 50%. The approach adopted effectively reduces the interface complexity of network security software, optimizes the problem of improper navigation error handling, and significantly improves user experience and usage efficiency.