lessons learned from nokia x ui reviews
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Most Android apps run properly on the Nokia X platform without any modification, but maybe you’d like some help with improving the user experience of your apps as you port them to Nokia X. UX expert Jan Krebber, from OCTO3, has been working with developers porting to Nokia X and has seen patterns of mistakes that are easy to correct. In this webinar, he’ll share his top tips on how to avoid the most common missteps.TRANSCRIPT
Nokia X UX tipsWebinar
Jan Krebber @krebbixuxSenior User Experience Consultant
Your app works without changes to the UI.
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• UX tips• UX offering• Take home messages
Overview
UX tips
Consider the target audience.
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Apps are used everywhere and at any time.
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Use small file sizes.
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Touch items must be large enough.
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Make text large enough for reading –even without a magnifying glass.
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What did it say?
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Make text large enough for reading –even without a magnifying glass.
Use sp (scale independent pixels) for fonts.
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Test if people understand the icons.
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Use a high contrast for fonts/icons and their background.
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Use a high contrast for fonts/icons and their background.
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Use a high contrast for fonts/icons and their background.
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http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
Are these colors compliant?- Font color: #FF0000- Background color: #0000FF
Use a high contrast for fonts/icons and their background.
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http://snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html
Touchable items must indicate that they are touchable.
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Touchable items must show touch-down feedback.
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Do not use more than 3 tabs with fixed tabs.
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Do not use more than 7 scrolling tabs. 5 scrolling tabs might be already the limit.
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Media Player Music Folder Now Favorite Mine
Do not use more than 7 scrolling tabs. 5 scrolling tabs might be already the limit.
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What did it say in the 2nd and the 5th tab?
Do not use more than 7 scrolling tabs. 5 scrolling tabs might be already the limit.
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Media Player Music Folder Now Favorite Mine
Do not use more than 7 scrolling tabs. 5 scrolling tabs might be already the limit.
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Avoid scrolling from action overflow.
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Take care of proper alignment and design consistency.
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Avoid scrolling if you can.
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Use consistent labels: list to view header.
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Use consistent labels: Title and action.
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It is never the customer’s fault. Ever.Period.
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Keep your app structure logical and easy to understand.
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Back button should work as intended.
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Games should start with music and sounds "off".
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Design Dialogs correctly.
Dim –and dismissive action goes to the left.
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UX offering
You can find more UX considerations for Nokia X from the UX library.
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Take home messages
Your app works without changes to the UI.
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Literature and links.
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• Nokia X UX considerations, http://developer.nokia.com/resources/library/nokia-x-ui/index.html
• Nokia X, http://developer.nokia.com/nokia-x• DVLUP, http://www.dvlup.com
Thanks to:
- Maaike Beenen, - Sanna Hiukka,- Petri Kiukkonen.
Thanks.
Jan [email protected]@krebbixux