Opis: Essential Mobile Interaction Design - Josh Weinhold, Cameron Banga

Design User-Friendly, Intuitive Smartphone and Tablet Apps for Any Platform Mobile apps should feel natural and intuitive, and users should understand them quickly and easily. This means that effective interaction and interface design is crucial. However, few mobile app developers (or even designers) have had adequate training in these areas. Essential Mobile Interaction Design fills this gap, bringing together proven principles and techniques you can use in your next app-for any platform, target device, or user. This tutorial requires virtually no design or programming knowledge. Even if you've never designed a mobile app before, this guide teaches you the key skills that lead to the best results. Cameron Banga and Josh Weinhold help you master the mindset, processes, and vocabulary of mobile interaction design, so you can start making better choices right away. They guide you through the entire design process, demystifying issues that arise at every stage. The authors share hard-won lessons from years of experience developing more than one hundred mobile apps for clients and customers of every type. They cover important issues that platform-specific guides often overlook, including internationalization, accessibility, hybrid apps, sandboxing, and what to do after release. This guide shows you how to * Think through your designs, instead of just throwing together UI elements * Allow an intuitive design flow to emerge from your app * Sketch and wireframe apps more effectively * Reflect key differences among smartphones, tablets, and desktops * Design for visual appeal without compromising usability * Work effectively with programmers * Make sure your apps are accessible to everyone * Get usable feedback, and understand what it's telling you * Learn valuable lessons from today's most successful apps * Refresh your designs in new apps and future versions * Discover new tools for designing more successfully Packed with iOS and Android(TM) examples, Essential Mobile Interaction Design offers dozens of tips and solutions that will be equally useful on today's platforms and on whatever comes next. Extensive resources are available at "In Essential Mobile Interaction Design, Banga and Weinhold do a great job of explaining what it takes to make a good-looking and easy-to-use app. The accessible language and visual examples of quality work combine to make this book a great resource for those looking to get into app design, or to take their craft to the next level." - Jon Becker, boom. reactive. "Essential Mobile Interaction Design is not merely a book full of pictures and design concepts or one of straight technical drivel. Instead, it is a guidebook for creating human-based interfaces that feature simplicity, functionality, and value. Whether you have questions about how mobile design is different from traditional desktop design, how to work with a developer, or even what tools to use for the creation process, Essential Mobile Interaction Design demonstrates the answer for that." - Phil Dutson, Lead UX and Mobile Developer, ICON Health & Fitness "Filled with nuggets of useful information, this book is a solid resource for the many aspects of designing a mobile app. I've found many recommendations in this book that we can use in our apps." - Lucius Kwok, CEO, Felt Tip, Inc. "A well-rounded, easy-to-read book that provides a good grounding in mobile design and how to keep all those small details in mind so that your apps will really shine." - Dave Verwer, Shiny Development and iOS Dev WeeklyPreface xvii Acknowledgments xix About the Authors xxi Chapter 1: A Look at Mobile and Its Main Players 1 The Field of Interface Design 2 The Dawn of the App 3 What Is a Mobile Device? 8 The Industry's Key Players 12 Distinctions between Platforms 16 Conclusion 19 Chapter 2: Design for Humans, by Humans 21 What Is Interaction Design? 22 Goals When Designing an Interface 25 Designing for Humans 25 Designed by Humans 28 Where to Begin 30 Anticipating Your User Base 32 Mobile's Role in User Workflow 35 Conclusion 37 Chapter 3: Dynamic Differences in Mobile Design 39 Understanding the Role of Mobile 40 Mobile-Only Interactions 41 Interactions That Aren't Possible on Mobile 46 Universal Appeal 48 Complementing Traditional Workflows 55 Conclusion 57 Chapter 4: First Sketches of an App 59 What Tools Do You Need? 60 Becoming a Designer 65 Planning for a Specific Platform 66 Starting with a Workflow 68 Creating Pixel-Perfect Digital Mockups 73 Reiterating Before It's Too Late 75 Preparing for the Next Stage 77 Conclusion 79 Chapter 5: Finding the Right Design Flow 81 The Big Three App Types 82 Common App Navigation Methods 85 Picking an Interaction Type 93 Minimizing Interface Friction 96 Preparing for Connectivity Failure 98 Conclusion 102 Chapter 6: Designing for Visual Appeal 103 How Appearance Changes Interactions 104 Creating an App Icon 107 Finding a Unique Look 111 Matching Art to Interaction Design 115 Building Art That Scales 119 Adding the Final Touches 123 Conclusion 126 Chapter 7: Working with Programmers 127 Understanding Your Programmer 128 Describing Your Design 132 Communicating During Development 136 Comprehending the Source Code 141 Conclusion 148 Chapter 8: Making Apps Usable by All 149 Knowing Your Audience 150 How Sandboxing Changed Mobile 152 Interactions for the Mass Market 157 Building Multilingual Interaction Designs 160 Designing for Users with Disabilities 163 Conclusion 166 Chapter 9: Designing for Simplicity 167 The Sophistication of Simplicity 168 Simple Design Goals 171 Interfaces That Do It Well 175 Creating Simple Interactions 178 Simplicity through Familiarity 183 Testing Simplicity 186 Conclusion 191 Chapter 10: Gaining Valuable Feedback 193 Showing Off Your Work 194 Devising a Beta-Test Strategy 198 Analyzing Valuable Test Data 204 From Beta to Positive Changes 208 Conclusion 211 Chapter 11: Refreshing a Design 213 Improving as a Designer 214 Judging Who Is Worth Listening To 218 Turning Requests into Changes 224 Preparing Users for Design Changes 226 The Resubmission Process 228 Conclusion 230 Appendix A: Standout Apps 231 1Password 232 Amazon Mobile 232 CNN News 233 Coach's Eye 234 Evernote 234 Facebook 235 Flipboard 236 Google Chrome 237 Google Maps 237 Instagram 237 Instapaper 239 MLB.com At Bat 240 Twitter 240 TuneIn Radio 241 Wolfram|Alpha 242 Appendix B: Apps for Designers 243 Adobe Photoshop 244 Balsamiq 244 Bugshot 245 Dribbble 246 Icon Slate 247 MindNode Pro 247 Pngyu 248 Skitch 249 Spark Inspector 249 xScope 249 Appendix C: Artwork Requirements for Android and iOS 251 Android 252 iOS 255 Index 261

Szczegóły: Essential Mobile Interaction Design - Josh Weinhold, Cameron Banga

Tytuł: Essential Mobile Interaction Design
Autor: Josh Weinhold, Cameron Banga
Producent: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780321961570
Rok produkcji: 2014
Ilość stron: 304
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.47 kg

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