3 Ways to Simplify Your Mobile Apps

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The Problem and the Solution

Having limited space can be challenging when designing a mobile app

Unlike a typical web page, designers do not have the luxury of a 15-inch screen on a mobile device

Simplifying the presentation of your app will allow your customers to enjoy the app without the complexities

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How You Should Simplify Your Apps

Focus on content, not chrome

Rely on intuitive touch gestures

Minimize labels and icons

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Focus on Content Emphasize the significance of the app with

content relevant to the user

Instead of wasting lines of space on text and icons use large pictures for easy browsing

Avoid using unwieldy desktop controls that will disrupt the aesthetics of the experience

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Rely on Intuitive Touch Gestures

Design the functionality so that movement through the app can be done by simply swiping or flipping to the next screen

Allow your customers to effortlessly browse the app with gestures that make the experience fun

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Minimize Labels and Icons

Using lengthy, text-only input can create a poor Mobile UX

Grant your users the experience of the content, not the technology or the software

Maintain functionality while reducing the amount of unnecessary icons

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Learn more on how you can improve your mobile apps today:

www.progress.com/MobileUX