5 Tips for Designing Mobile App User Interface

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5 Tips for Designing Mobile App User Interface


Overview A mobile user interface design can make or break an app. At the conceptualization stage of mobile UI design, the simplest and basic things can alter user experience and ensure retention. Basics such as consistency of views, interface clarity and feedback to the user are fairly uncomplicated to understand and are generally accepted by most mobile UI designers.

However, there are a few things that are often ignored by UI designers and can impact the user experience by a notch or two. Here are five important tips for mobile UI designs that sometimes go unnoticed.


5 Tips


1. The interactivity quotient

There is no need to compromise with

the

interactive

basics design

of

A good mobile UI design

good

due

to

limited screen space. A good mobile UI design must have

Task driven approach for the right user set

Usability for the target audience

Smaller learning curve

Good response and feedback time


2. The User Variable

The user group for the app will inevitably consist of experts and novices - accounting for each type helps. Mobile UI designers should “hope for the best, and plan for the worst�, keeping the application efficiency levels for these two distinct sets in mind while maintaining consistency in data flow and smooth function execution.


3. The Tick-Finger There is no way to replicate finger movement with pixel-precision of a mouse cursor. The answer to that is finger-friendly mobile UI design. Allow enough space for different sized fingers. If the buttons of your mobile UI are too small or placed too closely together, users won’t be able to tap them accurately adding to their frustration.

Just Remember: • We hold our phones in different ways • Our fingers are not of the same size


4. The Rule of Thumb Mobile UI designers must understand how a person holds the mobile, and applies

hand

gestures.

The

target

audience is bound to include right as well as left-handed users. Circular flows towards the bottom of the screen are more

convenient

than

linear

ones.

Placing elements at the top of the screen makes them harder to reach. Hence, it is advisable to keep essential buttons towards the bottom of the screen.


5. The Clutter Element

It is always advisable to cut clutter from your mobile UI design. Quick and easy should be the mantra here. They must have less to think about for your app to achieve success.


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