Comments on: 10 Things Every iPhone App Designer Should Know http://akosma.com/2009/12/21/10-things-every-iphone-app-designer-should-know/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-things-every-iphone-app-designer-should-know Leading international provider of cross-platform and multilingual software solutions, for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows, Linux, Android, and the web. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 10:51:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Geraudhttp://akosma.com/2009/12/21/10-things-every-iphone-app-designer-should-know/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Geraud Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:22:07 +0000 http://akosma.com/?p=2238#comment-196 <p>@Pascal I agree with Adrian, less than 1% of iPhone App projects have usability tests and UCD.</p> <p>@Adrian Have you read the three books you mentioned? I just have the last one in both versions: digital and physical but I'm quite interested by the first one. Any review?</p> @Pascal I agree with Adrian, less than 1% of iPhone App projects have usability tests and UCD.

@Adrian Have you read the three books you mentioned? I just have the last one in both versions: digital and physical but I’m quite interested by the first one. Any review?

]]> By: Pascal Magnenathttp://akosma.com/2009/12/21/10-things-every-iphone-app-designer-should-know/comment-page-1/#comment-172 Pascal Magnenat Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:13:25 +0000 http://akosma.com/?p=2238#comment-172 <p>@ Adrian: 1%? I wouldn't be so pessimistic. But it's true that UCD is still the exception; which is good for usability specialists like me!</p> @ Adrian: 1%? I wouldn’t be so pessimistic. But it’s true that UCD is still the exception; which is good for usability specialists like me!

]]> By: Adrian Kosmaczewskihttp://akosma.com/2009/12/21/10-things-every-iphone-app-designer-should-know/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Adrian Kosmaczewski Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:34:21 +0000 http://akosma.com/?p=2238#comment-171 <p>... which is, unfortunately, something that only happens in 1% of projects in the real world. I don't say that usability tests and UCD aren't important, but there's a long, long way to go to make them standard. The list of items in this post is the "bare bones" that any graphic designer should know before opening Photoshop, even when using the standard UI widgets (which is the case for most apps, anyway). Thanks for the comment!</p> … which is, unfortunately, something that only happens in 1% of projects in the real world. I don’t say that usability tests and UCD aren’t important, but there’s a long, long way to go to make them standard. The list of items in this post is the “bare bones” that any graphic designer should know before opening Photoshop, even when using the standard UI widgets (which is the case for most apps, anyway). Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Pascal Magnenathttp://akosma.com/2009/12/21/10-things-every-iphone-app-designer-should-know/comment-page-1/#comment-170 Pascal Magnenat Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:09:30 +0000 http://akosma.com/?p=2238#comment-170 <p>If you want to design a usable app, these tipps can help but they are not enough. Performing user centered design (UCD) activities is key. By UCD activities, I mean identifying the user scenarios first, designing a sketchbook based on these scenarios, running usability walkthrough sessions with users on the sketchbook, running usability tests with users on a functional prototype.</p> <p>I've performed several usability tests on iPhone apps recently. One of the lesson learned is: don't try to create a specific user interface for your app unless you have really tested it successfully - successfully meaning that users are more effective, efficient and satisfied with your interface model than with the standard iPhone UI.</p> If you want to design a usable app, these tipps can help but they are not enough. Performing user centered design (UCD) activities is key. By UCD activities, I mean identifying the user scenarios first, designing a sketchbook based on these scenarios, running usability walkthrough sessions with users on the sketchbook, running usability tests with users on a functional prototype.

I’ve performed several usability tests on iPhone apps recently. One of the lesson learned is: don’t try to create a specific user interface for your app unless you have really tested it successfully – successfully meaning that users are more effective, efficient and satisfied with your interface model than with the standard iPhone UI.

]]> By: Duchttp://akosma.com/2009/12/21/10-things-every-iphone-app-designer-should-know/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Duc Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:11:43 +0000 http://akosma.com/?p=2238#comment-153 <p>Nice advices Adrian.</p> <p>I'll just add the following : if you like to show visual things to your customers or team, use standards buttons, progress bar, etc even in the prototyping phase ! It helps to avoid the final "I just want a rounded button" request 3 days before the production delay. I adivce you to use (with Omnigraffle, of course !): - For GUI in general : http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/about/stencils/ - For iPhone GUI : http://www.graffletopia.com/categories/iphone</p> <p>Kind regards, Duc.</p> Nice advices Adrian.

I’ll just add the following : if you like to show visual things to your customers or team, use standards buttons, progress bar, etc even in the prototyping phase ! It helps to avoid the final “I just want a rounded button” request 3 days before the production delay. I adivce you to use (with Omnigraffle, of course !): - For GUI in general : http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/about/stencils/ - For iPhone GUI : http://www.graffletopia.com/categories/iphone

Kind regards, Duc.

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