Developing good mobile interfaces is hard, but there are key factors in UX/UI design that are common across today's top iOS apps. At the same time, prominent design patterns from early or mid-2011 have already evolved and tranformed. We'll give you a quick design checklist to think about as you're planning this year's iPhone or iPad apps.
(Presented at AOL Main Auditorium, Palo Alto, January 2012)
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Sensational iOS App Design: First Principles and New Trends for 2012
1. SENSATIONAL IOS APP DESIGN:
FIRST PRINCIPLES AND
NEW TRENDS FOR 2012
CHIA HWU & EVAN KIRCHHOFF, QUBOP INC.
IOS DEVELOPER MEETUP, JANUARY 9, 2012
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2. HELLO!
CHIA HWU, CEO
CHIA@QUBOP.COM
TWITTER: @CHIAH
EVAN KIRCHHOFF, CTO
EVAN@QUBOP.COM
TWITTER: @THEEVANK
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3. CUMULATIVE USERBASE, LATE 2011
250M 250M
200M 200M
150M 150M
100M 100M
50M 50M
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
IOS (ALL) ANDROID PS3 XBOX 360 WII
(WORLDWIDE USERS IN MILLIONS)
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4. THE ICON GRID (EARLY 2011)
FACEBOOK LINKEDIN YELP SCVNGR
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5. DEATH OF THE ICON GRID (LATE 2011)
FACEBOOK LINKEDIN YELP
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6. THE MOBILE APP USER LIFE CYCLE
-38% 1 DAY
-50% 1 WEEK
-90% 6 MONTHS
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7. 1. FIRST PRINCIPLES
2. CURRENT ISSUES
3. NEW TRENDS
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25. MOBIMILEAGE:
THE BATTLE FOR ZERO CONFIGURATION
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26. NOT THE RIGHT THING:
SET ACCURACY
LOW HIGH
NOTE: HIGHER ACCURACY
REDUCES BATTERY LIFE
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27. ALSO THINK ABOUT WHEN TO
SAVE AND RESTORE STATE
- (void)applicationWillResignActive:(UIApplication *)application
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application
- (void)applicationWillEnterForeground:(UIApplication *)application
- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application
- (void)applicationWillTerminate:(UIApplication *)application
(INCLUDING THE DIFFERENT SHUTDOWN SCENARIOS)
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28. FIRST PRINCIPLES:
TRUST IS
A FINITE RESOURCE
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29. PATH (IOS)
VERSION 1
EARLY 2011
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