Sensational iOS App Design: First Principles and New Trends for 2012
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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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- 1. SENSATIONAL IOS APP DESIGN: FIRST PRINCIPLES AND NEW TRENDS FOR 2012 CHIA HWU & EVAN KIRCHHOFF, QUBOP INC. IOS DEVELOPER MEETUP, JANUARY 9, 2012 JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 2. HELLO! CHIA HWU, CEO CHIA@QUBOP.COM TWITTER: @CHIAH EVAN KIRCHHOFF, CTO EVAN@QUBOP.COM TWITTER: @THEEVANK WWW.QUBOP.COM JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
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- 4. THE ICON GRID (EARLY 2011) FACEBOOK LINKEDIN YELP SCVNGR JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 5. DEATH OF THE ICON GRID (LATE 2011) FACEBOOK LINKEDIN YELP JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 6. THE MOBILE APP USER LIFE CYCLE -38% 1 DAY -50% 1 WEEK -90% 6 MONTHS JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM SOURCE: FLURRY
- 7. 1. FIRST PRINCIPLES 2. CURRENT ISSUES 3. NEW TRENDS JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 8. FIRST PRINCIPLES: PIXELS MATTER JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 12. SQUARE (IOS) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 14. THINK OF APPLE AS YOUR INITIAL AUDIENCE.
- 15. APPLE VALUES BEAUTY OVER HUMAN INTERFACE GUIDELINE COMPLIANCE PULSE NESS BAND OF THE DAY JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 16. (THE GUIDELINES ADVISE AGAINST SPLASH SCREENS, BUT APPLE DESIGN AWARD WINNERS USE THEM) PULSE NESS BAND OF THE DAY JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 17. FIRST PRINCIPLES: GREAT DESIGN IS INVISIBLE JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 18. CUSTOM UI THAT NOBODY NOTICED (NOT THE NATIVE CAMERA INTERFACE) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 19. FIRST PRINCIPLES: NEVER APOLOGIZE, NEVER EXPLAIN JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 20. ASSUME NOBODY READS ANYTHING JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 21. ASSUME NOBODY READS ANYTHING JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 22. (EXCEPT IN JAPAN) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 23. FIRST PRINCIPLES: MAKE CHOICES FOR USERS JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 24. DO THE RIGHT THING
- 25. MOBIMILEAGE: THE BATTLE FOR ZERO CONFIGURATION JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 26. NOT THE RIGHT THING: SET ACCURACY LOW HIGH NOTE: HIGHER ACCURACY REDUCES BATTERY LIFE JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 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) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 28. FIRST PRINCIPLES: TRUST IS A FINITE RESOURCE JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 29. PATH (IOS) VERSION 1 EARLY 2011 JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 30. SCOOPLE JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 31. CURRENT ISSUES: DON’T LEARN FROM THE WEB JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 33. SOUTHWEST AIRLINES IPHONE APP (JANUARY 2012) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 35. EXPEDIA HOTELS IPHONE APP (JANUARY 2012) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 37. AMAZON IPHONE APP (JANUARY 2012) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 38. CURRENT ISSUES: COUNT YOUR CLICKS JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 39. HOW MANY CLICKS? JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 40. 1 JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 41. 2 JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 42. 3 JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 43. 4,5, 6,7 JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 44. 8 JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 45. DON’T FORCE WORKFLOW ON MOBILE JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 46. JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 47. CURRENT ISSUES: CROSS-PLATFORM CONSISTENCY JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 48. FOURSQUARE (IOS) FOURSQUARE (ANDROID) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 49. SQUARE (IOS) SQUARE (ANDROID) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 50. FACEBOOK (IOS) FACEBOOK (ANDROID) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 51. PATH VERSION 2 (IOS) PATH VERSION 2 (ANDROID) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 52. NEW TRENDS: 5-TAB SOCIAL APP JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 53. THE 5-TAB SOCIAL APP WITH CENTER ICON INSTAGRAM PATH (VERSION 1) COLOR JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 54. HIPSTER SOUNDTRACKING FOODSPOTTING THE CENTER TAB ANSWERS THE QUESTION, “WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS APP?” JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 55. EVERNOTE PINTEREST PHOTOVINE THE CENTER TAB ANSWERS THE QUESTION, “WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS APP?” JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 56. SOCIALCAM OINK STAMPED THE CENTER TAB ANSWERS THE QUESTION, “WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS APP?” JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 57. FOURSQUARE (PREVIOUS) FOURSQUARE (NOW) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 58. NEW TRENDS: DEATH OF THE TAB BAR? JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 59. HIDDEN NAVIGATION: REPLACING TAB BARS FACEBOOK PATH V2 DOLPHIN NEWS 360 BROWSER JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 60. HIDDEN NAVIGATION: REPLACING TAB BARS SCOOPLE (JUNE 2011) LINKEDIN JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 61. HIDDEN NAVIGATION: DON’T HIDE IT TOO MUCH DOLPHIN BROWSER JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 62. NEW TRENDS: USERS EXPECT PULL TO REFRESH JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 63. PULL TO REFRESH: A NON-APPLE CONVENTION TWITTER BOXCAR FACEBOOK SEESMIC MESSENGER JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 64. NEW TRENDS: SIDEWAYS SLIDERS JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 65. SIDEWAYS SLIDERS PULSE COLOR GOWALLA (R.I.P.) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 66. NEW TRENDS: THE RISE OF GESTURES JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 68. DOLPHIN BROWSER JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 69. NEW TRENDS: IPAD - IPHONE CONVERGENCE JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 70. TRADITIONAL IPAD SPLIT-VIEW CONTROLLER (APPLE MAIL) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 71. HOW TO DESIGN FOR IPAD: DESIGN FOR IPHONE, ADD BREATHING ROOM JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 72. FACEBOOK (IPHONE) FACEBOOK (IPAD) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 73. FLIPBOARD (IPHONE) FLIPBOARD (IPAD) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 74. THANKS! CHIA HWU, CEO CHIA@QUBOP.COM TWITTER: @CHIAH EVAN KIRCHHOFF, CTO EVAN@QUBOP.COM TWITTER: @THEEVANK WWW.QUBOP.COM JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM