The state of state retention in mobile applications and web development
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The document discusses principles for maintaining application state when users return to an app or website. It argues that applications should represent the last view or state the user was in previously rather than defaulting to a main settings or home page. Examples are given of apps like Chrome and Instapaper that successfully retain the last state when reopened, providing better user experience than those that do not preserve the user's context between sessions. Constraints to consider include device memory and usability, but the benefits of reducing user frustration outweigh the costs.
The state of state retention in mobile applications and web development
- 1. The state of state. Product Development Insights Conference Friday 30 March 12 @tyahma An argument for why applications and web sites should represent the last-seen view when a user returns.
- 2. The state of state If you leave your bed messy . . . You have gone to work. You have left your bed in a state of disarray. When you return.
- 3. You expect it to stay messy.
- 4. This is unnatural behavior.
- 5. Why do I want the settings page when I open Google Voice?
- 6. Take me where I was.
- 7. This application was bombing in iOS5. Critical state fails.
- 9. Who made the bed?
- 10. You expect it to stay messy.
- 11. Who is doing it right?
- 12. Instapaper is pitch perfect. I am where I was.
- 13. Chrome: Just as I left it when reopened.
- 14. Don’t follow the concept off of a cliff.
- 15. This isn’t exactly where I left off, but there is context
- 16. Constraints include device memory and laziness.
- 17. Organizing principles for state in web products: Framework retention
- 18. Organizing principles for state in mobile products: persistence out of the app.
- 19. Organizing principles for state in iTV products. Same as mobile.
- 20. What is the cost of user frustration?
- 21. When talking about state in your companies, lay some groundwork.
- 22. If you leave your car doors open, they should stay open. Thank you. I am here all week. Tell your friends.