With over 1.5 million of them on the App Store it’s a competitive space so people expect high quality. And whilst people are spending ever more time on their phones, they are using 80% of that time in just three apps. It has become even more important that apps are highly intuitive and easy to use to make the most of that short period of attention.
Do you know the usability rules you should follow when designing interfaces? And have you thought about how these apply to mobile?
Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines explain their best practices but this can create very similar looking apps. You don’t want an iPhone app that looks just like the Apple template. You want something that looks unique too.
Starting with a true understanding of human behaviour will help you design iPhone apps that are easy to use. You need to get to grips with the concepts that create highly satisfying experiences.
This book takes long-established guidelines by usability experts and fully updates them for the world of modern iPhone apps.
This book demonstrates these usability principles through over 30 different iPhone app examples—proving that there are many different ways you can solve these requirements.
Ever find yourself copying an app for inspiration, without really knowing what makes it tick? This will give you a much bigger pool of inspiration with apps from a variety of sectors.
Don’t design an app that launches to a wave of negative reviews. Make sure it's usable so your users can get their tasks done with ease.
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I'm Matt, a UX consultant with over eight years experience in UX design. In the last year I’ve designed four iPhone apps. I’ve also taught UX design workshops and courses for over three years with General Assembly. I write articles regularly on ecommerce, data-driven UX design, and mobile UX and in 2015 released the book Data-Driven UX Design: Metrics.
