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Author Hoober, Steven.

Title Designing Mobile Interfaces
Published Sebastopol : O'Reilly Media, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (584 pages)
Contents Preface; Part I: Page; Chapter 1: Composition; A Little Bit of History; A Revolution Has Begun; Composition Principles; The Concept of a Wrapper; Context Is Key; Patterns for Composition; Scroll; Annunciator Row; Notifications; Titles; Revealable Menu; Fixed Menu; Home & Idle Screens; Lock Screen; Interstitial Screen; Advertising; Summary; Part II: Components; Chapter 2: Display of Information; Look Around; Types of Visual Information; Classifying Information; Organizing with Information Architecture; Information Design and Ordering Data; Patterns for Displaying Information
Vertical ListInfinite List; Thumbnail List; Fisheye List; Carousel; Grid; Film Strip; Slideshow; Infinite Area; Select List; Chapter 3: Control and Confirmation; Quiet, Please; That Was Easy; Understanding Our Users; Control and Confirmation; Patterns for Control and Confirmation; Confirmation; Sign On; Exit Guard; Cancel Protection; Timeout; Chapter 4: Revealing More Information; It's Not Magic!; Context Is Key; Designing for Information; Patterns for Revealing More Information; Windowshade; Pop-Up; Hierarchical List; Returned Results; Summary; Part III: Widgets; Chapter 5: Lateral Access
What a Mess!Lateral Access and the Mobile Space; Follow the Principles of Wayfinding and Norman's Interaction Model; Wayfinding; Norman's Interaction Model; Patterns for Lateral Access; Tabs; Peel Away; Simulated 3D Effects; Pagination; Location Within; Chapter 6: Drilldown; Get Ready to Push!; Maybe We Won't Have to Push; Drilldown and the Mobile Space; Patterns for Drilldown; When to Use Links, Buttons, and Icons; Link; Button; Indicator; Icon; Stack of Items; Annotation; Chapter 7: Labels and Indicators; Down Under and Backward; Understanding Our Users
Labels and Indicators in the Mobile SpacePatterns for Labels and Indicators; Ordered Data; Tooltip; Avatar; Wait Indicator; Reload, Synch, Stop; Chapter 8: Information Controls; The Weilers, Version 1; The Weilers, Version 2; The Difference; Information Controls in the Mobile Space; Patterns for Information Control; Zoom & Scale; Location Jump; Search Within; Sort & Filter; Summary; Part IV: Input and Output; Chapter 9: Text and Character Input; Slow Down, You're Too Fast!; The Status Quo; Use What's Best for You; Text and Character Input on Mobile Devices
Patterns for Text and Character Input ControlsKeyboards & Keypads; Pen Input; Mode Switches; Input Method Indicator; Autocomplete & Prediction; Chapter 10: General Interactive Controls; Darkness; That Sounds Like a Great Idea; Gestural Interactive Controls; Patterns for General Interactive Controls; Directional Entry; Press-and-Hold; Focus & Cursors; Other Hardware Keys; Accesskeys; Dialer; On-Screen Gestures; Kinesthetic Gestures; Remote Gestures; Chapter 11: Input and Selection; The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round; Mobile Trends Today; Slow Down, Teen Texters!
Summary With hundreds of thousands of mobile applications available today, your app has to capture users immediately. This book provides practical techniques to help you catch--and keep--their attention. You'll learn core principles for designing effective user interfaces, along with a set of common patterns for interaction design on all types of mobile devices. Mobile design specialists Steven Hoober and Eric Berkman have collected and researched 76 best practices for everything from composing pages and displaying information to the use of screens, lights, and sensors. Each pattern includes a discussion
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 525-527) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Mobile computing.
User interfaces (Computer systems) -- Design
Human-computer interaction.
COMPUTERS -- User Interfaces.
COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS -- Computer Science.
COMPUTERS -- Data Processing.
COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General.
COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS -- Reference.
Human-computer interaction
Mobile computing
User interfaces (Computer systems) -- Design
Form Electronic book
Author Berkman, Eric.
ISBN 9781449321321
1449321321
9781449321314
1449321313