Top 3 Mobile App Design Mistakes and How To Avoid Them

THREE GOLDEN RULES FOR MOBILE APPS Jeremy Debate jdebate@apperian.comFriday, May 4, 12

why should i care? • Mobile devices are very important to people! • Mobile devices have inherently limited resources • Mobile devices are ‘multi-tenant’ environments • Yours won’t be the only app installed! • Each app can affect the device or other appsFriday, May 4, 12

DON’t ABUSE THE DEVICEFriday, May 4, 12

DON’t ABUSE THE DEVICE • Mobile devices have limited physical resources • Limited Battery • Limited Memory • Limited Storage • Use background execution techniques responsibly • Where possible, offload heavy lifting to the the cloudFriday, May 4, 12

CONNECTIVITY IS A PRIVILEGEFriday, May 4, 12

CONNECTIVITY IS A PRIVILEGE • Your user will not always have a network connection • Your app should adjust behavior based on type • The cellular radio hates your battery • Data roaming is really, really expensive • Cellular network latency kills performanceFriday, May 4, 12

RESPECT USER PRIVACYFriday, May 4, 12

RESPECT USER PRIVACY • Your app will be used by a person, not a device • Consider how you identify a user • People get new devices, sell old ones • Be upfront about what information you collect • Make sure it is in line with user expectations • Be careful when writing to shared data stores • Don’t be nosy!Friday, May 4, 12

TL; DR Don’t be greedy, play nice with others and take only what you needFriday, May 4, 12

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