dear developers, design details matter

Dear Developers,

Design Details

Matter

Juhani Lehtimäki, Fat Robot

“Users can figure it out. What’s the problem?”

“You are just nitpicking. It’s fine.”

“You just hate <insert company you like but you think I

don’t>”

http://www.androiduipatterns.com/

Design Guidelines

Design Patterns

Android Design Guidelines

Consistenc

y

Visual

Cues

Information

Hierarchyand

Actions

Find what you

are looking for

And do with it

what you

wanted to do

So, Do All Apps Need to

Look the Same Now?

A Design Pattern

A Proven, Good

Solution to a Common

problem

Action Bar

Where am I?

What can I

do?

Don’t need it?

Don’t use it!

Design patterns solves a

problem

if you don’t have the problem

don’t use the design pattern!

Up

How do I get

out of here?

Trust

Navigation

Drawer

How do I get

to somewhere

else?

:-\

?

Don’t need it?

Don’t use it!

Tabs

Transitions

L

Innovation and the

Mature Android

Platform

Community driven

innovation

Taylor Ling, June 15, 2012

http://androiduiux.com/2012/06/15/side-navigation-ui-pattern-in-android/

http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation-

drawer.html

Commercial innovation

UX design is Nitpicking

for a Good Reason

“This is different”

“Do I use this differently?”

Learn Once

Use Everywhere

Gestures Are Hidden

but Awesome

Reinventing the Wheel

vs.

Innovation

Break rules & guidelines only

if you have a good reason to

do so

Cheers!

+JuhaniLehtimäki

www.fatrobot.io

www.androiduipatterns.com