iOS Wow Factor [electronic resource] : UX Design Techniques for iPhone and iPad /
Wood, Timothy.author.
With the millions of apps in the crowded Apple iTunes App Store, it can be difficult to get your apps noticed. How can you make your app stand out from the crowd and get it the reviews it deserves? iOS Wow Factor shows you how to get noticed! It explains how to go beyond the basics and where to "break the rules" to give your users a "wow" experience! You'll learn to use standard controls, as well as to create non-standard controls and high-impact custom interactions to realize truly compelling app designs. Get grounded in Apple's Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) so that you can appreciate all its wisdom. From that excellent foundation, move beyond the HIG and learn how to ensure that all your apps have that "wow" factor. Learn all about user experience (UX) design techniques, with and beyond Apple's HIG, and how to move your apps out of mundane design and into innovative user experiences. Examine the characteristics and constraints of the iOS platform and how to leverage its strengths to maximum effect in your apps. iOS Wow Factor explains what makes a successful mobile app design, and how to apply those principles of success to your own apps. Once you get the iOS Wow Factor into your apps, you can watch your app adoption rate increase and gain the traction it needs to succeed and earn a profit in the Apple iTunes App Store. Find out everything you'll need to "wow" your future customers!
Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Putting the iOSHuman InterfaceGuidelines inContext; Looking Back; Limitations; Beyond the HIG; CHAPTER 2 Deconstructingthe iOS UserExperience; Metaphor vs. Utility; Direct Manipulation; Gestures; The Invisible Button; The Strange Topology of iOS; The Easy and the Obvious; Summary; CHAPTER 3 User ExperienceDifferentiationand Strategy; Shifting Perceptions and Expectations; Usability and Adoption; An Argument for desire; User Experience Strategy
Defining Your StrategyThinking Through Differentiation; Know Your Users; Evaluating Competitors; Leading the Market; Summary; CHAPTER 4 The Killer App; The Importance of Mobile; Mobile Experience versus Portable Experience; Critical Use-Cases for Mobile; Communication; One-to-One Communication; One-to-Many Communication; Entertainment; Location-Based Services; Commerce; Utility; Synthesis and Mobile Relevance; Translation into Mobile; Summary; CHAPTER 5 Leveraging iOS Capabilities for Optimal User Experience; Key Technologies; UIKit; Core Graphics; Core Animation; OpenGL ES; Custom Skinning
Universal ConsiderationsApp versus Mobile Web Considerations; Summary; CHAPTER 6 Interaction Modeling and the Creation of Novel Concepts; What Is Wow?; Interaction Modeling: Process Overview; Requirements Definition; Use-Case and Scenario Development; Application Workflow; Interaction Modeling; Process Details; Thinking Through Workflow; Working Out an Interaction Model; Additional Problem-Solving Techniques; Crafting Signature Interaction; Documentation; Case Study and Example; Company X; Company X's Requirements; Application Details; Summary; Wow Factor; Interaction Modeling
CHAPTER 7 Control Mappingand TouchscreenErgonomicsAwareness of Physicality; iPhone; iPad; Basic Layout Considerations; Feedback and Reactivity; Prompting for Hidden Controls; Summary; CHAPTER 8 Ease of Useand FeatureAutomation; Why Automation?; GPS Satellite Data; Three-Axis Accelerometer; Gyroscopic Sensor; Digital Compass; Proximity Sensor; Cameras; Microphone; When It Is Applicable; How to Approach Feature Automation; Summary; Index
Includes index.
Includes index.
With the millions of apps in the crowded Apple iTunes App Store, it can be difficult to get your apps noticed. How can you make your app stand out from the crowd and get it the reviews it deserves? iOS Wow Factor shows you how to get noticed! It explains how to go beyond the basics and where to "break the rules" to give your users a "wow" experience! You'll learn to use standard controls, as well as to create non-standard controls and high-impact custom interactions to realize truly compelling app designs. Get grounded in Apple's Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) so that you can appreciate all its wisdom. From that excellent foundation, move beyond the HIG and learn how to ensure that all your apps have that "wow" factor. Learn all about user experience (UX) design techniques, with and beyond Apple's HIG, and how to move your apps out of mundane design and into innovative user experiences. Examine the characteristics and constraints of the iOS platform and how to leverage its strengths to maximum effect in your apps. iOS Wow Factor explains what makes a successful mobile app design, and how to apply those principles of success to your own apps. Once you get the iOS Wow Factor into your apps, you can watch your app adoption rate increase and gain the traction it needs to succeed and earn a profit in the Apple iTunes App Store. Find out everything you'll need to "wow" your future customers!
IOS (Electronic resource)
Apple computer.
User interfaces (Computer systems).
Apple and iOS.
User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.