The GenUI Study: Exploring the Design of Generative UI Tools to Support UX Practitioners and Beyond
Xiang Chen, Tiffany Knearem, Yang Li · 2025
GenUI: good first draft, tough last mile GenUI should support roles beyond UX and further team-level activities GenUI should address practical considerations, e.g., accessibility & standards §4.1:How various roles use GenUI §4.2:How GenUI can support all roles §4.4: GenUI's challenges & areas for improvement §4.3:How GenUI can support non-UXD roles Figure 1: We conducted a formative diary study with 37 UX-related professionals who used a state-of-the-art Generative UI (GenUI) tool to conduct a week-long, individual mini-project exercise with role-specific tasks.Our findings reveal participants' workflow using the GenUI tool, how GenUI can support all and each specific roles, and existing gaps between GenUI and users' needs and expectations, which lead to design implications to inform future work on GenUI development.