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Mobile vs DesktopUX and UI Design for Mobile Platforms
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It’s simple, not obviousFriday, 17 May 13
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A few really basic things...
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Mobile devices have smaller screens
(Duh!)
You can’t start designing your application with the same premise as you did before. Start from a blank slate.
And I mean physical screen size, not number of pixels. Number of pixels nowadays means nada.
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Some good (extreme, but good) examples.
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And some bad examples.
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There’s a theory, that airplanes cockpits are made this complex intentionally, so that stupid people can’t fly a plane. But you want everyone to use your app, right?
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Fingers are not mouse cursors
( - still not a finger)
Fingers are fat, and it’s difficult to target small buttons.
Bigger buttons, bigger menus.
But it’s not ok to just resize controls.
Fingers also come attached to a hand.
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When user taps on something, he covers pretty much everything underneath.
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Touch screens give no feedback
(at least for now)
User has to always look at the screen when interacting with it when tapping.
You can’t feel button edges, you also don’t feel if it’s pressed or not.
Vibration and sounds can’t be a reliable method of feedback.
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Forget about clicking
Clicking is for mice. On mobiles users tap. And swipe, and pinch, and slide.
Buttons suck on touch interfaces. As long as you think in buttons you are not going to provide a better user experience to your users.
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Sliding is better.
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Innovative doesn’t always mean good
Don’t over-engineer what you do. Some things are meant to be simple, stupid and boring.
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Apps are not web sites
Don’t design them like one. Better make a website instead.
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Mobile != Apps
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Not everything should be ‘optimized for mobile’
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Stuffing a web site into a really small screen is
not a good idea
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Don’t create an app if it’s the same as a web site
(no value = useless)
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No bookmarks, no back button, no tabs - it’s a worse user experience than in a regular browser.
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Always think about context
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User
Task Context
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Users have less time to interact with mobile devices
(don’t ask too many questions)
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People hate typing on mobile devices
(but they still do it)
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Develop for offline(mobile != always online)
Cache data, preload UI if it’s loading from backend, allow to continue work
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Responsive(your new favorite word)
(if it’s not already)
People are used to wait when opening a website or clicking on a link. But the same people will hate your app if they have to wait when they open something.
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Fool a user and he will be happier for it(Apple do that, why shouldn’t you?)
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Users are unique(but 80-20 principle is still true)
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Don’t ask users what they want
(give them something and see how they react)
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Be prepared to start from scratch
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Research
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49%
36%
15%
http://uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2013/02/how-do-users-really-hold-mobile-devices.php
72% 28%
90% 10%
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Tablets are a whole new ball game(still not the same as desktop)
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Design UX, not UI(but please do design good UI)
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Skeuomorphism?Minimalism?
Skeuominimalism?(the choice is yours)
http://sachagreif.com/flat-pixels/
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Learn, investigate, steal!mobiledesignpatterngallery.com
pttrns.cominspired-ui.com
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Quick Recap• Simple things are not
necessarily obvious
• Keep in mind platform differences
• Don’t create things that don’t add value
• Forget about ‘mouse UI’ paradigms
• Remember context
• Design UX, not a UI
• Think about users, not features
• Always look at how others do it
• Be prepared to change everything
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