User interfaces for mobile applications
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The document discusses important considerations for designing user interfaces for mobile applications. It notes that user interface design is a major factor in an app's success and budgets 40% for UI design. Good UI design provides clarity, follows platform standards, accounts for expert and novice users, places interactive elements where thumbs can easily access, and limits the number of buttons to avoid overload. Button size should be large enough to easily press and the flow direction should consider handedness.
User interfaces for mobile applications
- 1. USER INTERFACES FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS K Senthil Kumar Assistant Professor, Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore – 641 202
- 2. USER INTERFACES FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS Which Interface you like to use? Interface 1 Interface 2
- 3. USER INTERFACES FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS User Interface plays important role in deciding the success of the app. The main goal of any app designer should be making app a daily habit. 40% of app budget is allocated to user interface design. The common mistakes of designing user interface are placing buttons smaller in size, placing big or small images in different places and selecting wrong color patterns for views. Clarity of interface is much required for any app. User interface should follow standard native app interface standards.
- 4. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR USER INTERFACE Expert vs novice users App should be efficient for expert user and it should provide information to novice users
- 5. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR USER INTERFACE Ideal button size The button size of app should be easily used by user, if size is less then 1 cm then it is not used by user.
- 6. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR USER INTERFACE UI Location Most UI Elements are placed at bottom or placed at top. Most users hold phone and use thumb as primary finger for touching. If user is right handed thumb will easily access the bottom right of screen. If user is left handed thumb will easily Access the bottom left of screen
- 7. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR USER INTERFACE Accounting for motion Flow direction plays important role in designing mobile app. For example, for a right-handed person, circular flows with a pivot point at the bottom right of the screen are much easier than linear flows
- 8. IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION FOR USER INTERFACE How much is too much The button should be limited, if we place more no of button then it will be tough even for expert user