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
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