101 UX Principles

Chapter #54. Make it Painless for the User to Add Images

There are a lot of situations in web and mobile apps where the user is asked to upload an image. It's done in a variety of ways, but here are some principles for getting user input in the form of images:

• Give the user the choice of picking a file or taking a picture, which is especially useful on mobile or tablet, where the request can trigger the system image picker, which has more functionality than your app can provide.
• Consider whether you would like the user to upload multiple images. If so, allow them to do this in one go, rather than lots of separate selections.
• Give the user "crop" and "rotate" controls when the image is previewed. It's super useful to be able to trim and rotate an ...