Comments on: iPhone App Usability Heuristics http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114 User experience reviews of iPhone/iPad apps & tips on designing apps Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:09:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mikko Martikainen http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114&cpage=1#comment-71 Mikko Martikainen Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:23:26 +0000 http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114#comment-71 Thanks for well thought out heuristics, I've already found use for these in my own work. Your post also motivated me to put some of my own thoughts into words here: http://fiftysixtysoftware.com/blog/2009/iphone-user-interface-guidelines/ My take is very much simpler and unsophisticated, mainly stemming from my UI studies and the actual development for I've done over the past year or so. @Dey Alexander: I understand your frustration, but implementing screen rotation and zooming for all apps is not a solution. The solution is to be consistent within the design boundaries: implement screen rotation when it makes sense to do so, and when the navigation structure of the App calls for it, i.e. you shouldn't be able to navigate from a landscape screen to a portrait screen and vice versa. As for zooming, that is not practical for all purposes and I suspect in many cases wouldn't solve the real design issue. Thanks for well thought out heuristics, I’ve already found use for these in my own work. Your post also motivated me to put some of my own thoughts into words here: http://fiftysixtysoftware.com/blog/2009/iphone-user-interface-guidelines/

My take is very much simpler and unsophisticated, mainly stemming from my UI studies and the actual development for I’ve done over the past year or so.

@Dey Alexander: I understand your frustration, but implementing screen rotation and zooming for all apps is not a solution. The solution is to be consistent within the design boundaries: implement screen rotation when it makes sense to do so, and when the navigation structure of the App calls for it, i.e. you shouldn’t be able to navigate from a landscape screen to a portrait screen and vice versa. As for zooming, that is not practical for all purposes and I suspect in many cases wouldn’t solve the real design issue.

]]> By: Some bookmarks added by Alex Horstmann | BlobFisk.com http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114&cpage=1#comment-70 Some bookmarks added by Alex Horstmann | BlobFisk.com Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:16:21 +0000 http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114#comment-70 [...] iPhone UX Reviews » Blog Archive » iPhone App Usability HeuristicsHeuristic evaluations involve systematically inspecting a user-interface and judging its compliance with a set of heuristics. This method is a fast and effective way to identify usability flaws, however, the widely used heuristics put forth by Jakob Nielsen were originally created for desktop software. As a result the language and examples are not always appropriate for other platforms. Over the years, researchers and practitioners have evolved and expanded the heuristics to meet their needs. While there are many noteworthy efforts, nearly all of them were created before the iPhone was developed. With that in mind, I attempted to adapt Nielsen’s heuristics for the iPhone. [...] [...] iPhone UX Reviews » Blog Archive » iPhone App Usability HeuristicsHeuristic evaluations involve systematically inspecting a user-interface and judging its compliance with a set of heuristics. This method is a fast and effective way to identify usability flaws, however, the widely used heuristics put forth by Jakob Nielsen were originally created for desktop software. As a result the language and examples are not always appropriate for other platforms. Over the years, researchers and practitioners have evolved and expanded the heuristics to meet their needs. While there are many noteworthy efforts, nearly all of them were created before the iPhone was developed. With that in mind, I attempted to adapt Nielsen’s heuristics for the iPhone. [...]

]]> By: Dey Alexander http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114&cpage=1#comment-62 Dey Alexander Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:40:34 +0000 http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114#comment-62 One of my bugbears relates to heuristic 5. Consistency and standards - or rather, lack thereof! All iPhone apps should: * Allow horizontal display, on all screens within the app, and particularly when they have keyboard interaction as part of the app * Allow the pinch gesture to resize the display One of my bugbears relates to heuristic 5. Consistency and standards – or rather, lack thereof!

All iPhone apps should:

* Allow horizontal display, on all screens within the app, and particularly when they have keyboard interaction as part of the app

* Allow the pinch gesture to resize the display

]]> By: Vinay http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114&cpage=1#comment-61 Vinay Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:56:46 +0000 http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114#comment-61 Great write up, talking about Help & Documentation I think Convertbot does a very tidy job of providing users a demo on using the app. Simple n easy to understand. Excellent articles on iPhone UX, thanks for all your contribution. Look forward for more. Cheers Great write up, talking about Help & Documentation I think Convertbot does a very tidy job of providing users a demo on using the app. Simple n easy to understand.

Excellent articles on iPhone UX, thanks for all your contribution. Look forward for more.

Cheers

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]]> By: Michel Futtersack http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114&cpage=1#comment-45 Michel Futtersack Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:38:29 +0000 http://www.iphoneuxreviews.com/?p=114#comment-45 Thanks for this study. I will present it to my students during my course on HCI Thanks for this study. I will present it to my students during my course on HCI

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