DroidconSE presentation

1. Dear Developers,
Design Details
Matter
Juhani Lehtimäki, Fat Robot

2. “Users can figure it out. What’s the problem?”
“You are just nitpicking. It’s fine.”
“You just hate <insert company you like but you think I
don’t>”
http://www.androiduipatterns.com/

4. Design Guidelines
Design Patterns

17. Android Design Guidelines

19. Consistenc
y

20. Visual
Cues

21. Information
Hierarchy
and
Actions

22. Find what you
are looking for

23. And do with it
what you
wanted to do

25. So, Do All Apps Need to
Look the Same Now?

30. A Design Pattern
A Proven, Good
Solution to a Common
problem

31. Action Bar

32. Where am I?
What can I
do?

45. Don’t need it?
Don’t use it!

46. Design patterns solves a
problem
if you don’t have the problem
don’t use the design pattern!

47. Up

48. How do I get
out of here?

53. Trust

54. Navigation
Drawer

55. How do I get
to somewhere
else?

61. :-

63. ?

65. Don’t need it?
Don’t use it!

66. Tabs

76. Transitions

83. L

88. Innovation and the
Mature Android
Platform

89. Community driven
innovation

90. Taylor Ling, June 15, 2012
http://androiduiux.com/2012/06/15/side-navigation-ui-pattern-in-android/

91. http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation-drawer.
html

93. Commercial innovation

99. UX design is Nitpicking
for a Good Reason

100. “This is different”
“Do I use this differently?”

101. Learn Once
Use Everywhere

102. Gestures Are Hidden
but Awesome

103. Reinventing the Wheel
vs.
Innovation

104. Break rules & guidelines only
if you have a good reason to
do so

105. Cheers!
+JuhaniLehtimäki
www.fatrobot.io
www.androiduipatterns.com