Perfecting the UX Design for Arabic Interfaces
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I smile when clients tell me they're using the "latest" Digital Marketers Riyadh marketing approaches but haven't revised their approach since 2022. The digital landscape has transformed completely in just the past year.

Assisting an electronics retailer, we found that their standard checkout experience was creating unnecessary friction for Saudi users. After applying customized changes, their purchase cancellation rate dropped by thirty-seven percent.

A few weeks ago, a entrepreneur questioned me why his articles weren't generating any leads. After reviewing his content approach, I found he was making the same errors I see many Saudi businesses make.

The most profitable Saudi brands understand that people don't think in terms of mediums. My financial client experienced a 76% increase in prospects after we integrated their formerly disconnected platforms.

Essential modifications included:

  • Adding preferred Saudi financial services like Mada
  • Streamlining address entry for Saudi locations
  • Supplying Arabic language support throughout the checkout flow
  • Showing arrival times customized to Saudi regions

With extensive testing for a store chain, we discovered that communications received between night time substantially surpassed those sent during standard working periods, producing one hundred eighty-seven percent higher open rates.

  • Choose fonts purposely developed for Arabic on-screen viewing (like Dubai) rather than traditional print fonts
  • Enlarge line leading by 150-175% for better readability
  • Use right-aligned text (never centered for main content)
  • Avoid condensed Arabic typefaces that compromise the characteristic letter structures

  • Position the most critical content in the upper-right section of the page

  • Organize information segments to advance from right to left and top to bottom

  • Apply heavier visual weight on the right side of equal compositions

  • Ensure that directional icons (such as arrows) orient in the correct direction for RTL designs

A clothing brand experienced a substantial improvement in smartphone sales after applying these improvements:

  • Reduced data entry
  • Easy-to-touch navigation
  • One-page transaction flow
  • Reduced waiting periods

  • Explicitly mark which language should be used in each form element

  • Automatically change keyboard layout based on field expectations

  • Position form text to the right-hand side of their corresponding inputs

  • Confirm that error notifications appear in the same language as the intended input

As someone who has designed over 30 Arabic websites in the recent years, I can assure you that applying Western UX principles to Arabic interfaces falls short. The distinctive elements of Arabic text and Saudi user behaviors require a totally unique approach.

Our studies has revealed that Saudi customers specifically seek these trust signals:

  • Local office information
  • Local authorization marks
  • Comprehensive refund procedures
  • Local currency costs with inclusive delivery estimates

Recently, an web retailer was suffering from a dismal 0.8% sales percentage despite substantial traffic. After applying the strategies I'm about to discuss, their conversion rate increased to 3.7%, generating a 362% improvement in revenue.

If you're creating or redesigning a website for the Saudi market competitor evaluation, I strongly recommend hiring specialists who really grasp the subtleties of Arabic user experience rather than simply converting Western layouts.

  • Redesigned the application process to follow right-to-left thinking processes
  • Created a dual-language data entry process with smart language toggling
  • Enhanced touch interfaces for one-handed Arabic input

A few weeks ago, I was helping a major e-commerce business that had poured over 200,000 SAR on a beautiful website that was converting poorly. The issue? They had merely transformed their English site without accounting for the basic experience variations needed for Arabic users.

  • Realigning action buttons to the right side of forms and screens
  • Rethinking visual importance to move from right to left
  • Redesigning user controls to align with the right-to-left scanning pattern

Don't hesitate to connect if you have particular inquiries about implementing these best UX design practices for Arabic websites – I'm always happy to provide more practical insights based on my projects.

  • Created a figure visualization approach that accommodated both Arabic and English numerals
  • Restructured graphs to progress from right to left
  • Applied graphical cues that corresponded to Saudi cultural connections

Throughout my previous project for a banking company in Riyadh, we discovered that users were repeatedly clicking the wrong navigation items. Our behavior analysis showed that their eyes naturally moved from right to left, but the important navigation elements were located with a left-to-right importance.

  • Shifted product images to the left side, with product details and purchase buttons on the right
  • Changed the image carousel to advance from right to left
  • Incorporated a custom Arabic font that preserved legibility at various sizes