Sensational iOS App Design: First Principles and New Trends for 2012
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The document discusses the principles and trends in iOS app design as of 2012, emphasizing the importance of visual appeal and usability features. Key points include respecting user choices, the decline of conventional navigation methods like tab bars, and the increasing demand for engaging user experiences through innovative interaction methods. It also identifies significant changes in user behavior and expectations in mobile applications.
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 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
- 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) JANUARY 9, 2012 - WWW.QUBOP.COM
- 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