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Map user flows before visual design by creating breadboard notation that connects places, affordances, destinations, and edge cases to structure the interaction model.

Breadboarding in interaction design is a method to map interaction structures and user flows by defining places, actions, destinations, and content before committing to interface details.

Identify edge cases and failure paths in product design by evaluating user journeys for empty states, loading behavior, cancellation paths, and unresolved decisions using flow diagrams.

You can use this approach for workflow redesigns and interaction planning because it evaluates user journeys and aligns interactions with conceptual models before interface design.

You do not need visual mockups to design an onboarding user journey; you can map the interaction flow and handle failure paths using breadboard notation first.

The best way to structure complex interactions and empty states is to define user journeys, states, and affordances using breadboard notation and explicit flow diagrams.