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sPeCIfIC HCI GuIdelInes
suggests the use of “panels” as a way to achieve usability under such
hardware constraints.
Make sure that your app consistently provides a balanced and aestheti-
cally pleasing layout by adjusting its content to varying screen sizes and
orientations. . . .
. . . Panels are a great way for your app to achieve this. ey allow
you to combine multiple views into one compound view when a lot of
horizontal screen real estate is available and by splitting them up when
less space is available.
2.2.6 Icons for Apple® iOS and Fonts for Windows® XP (Vendor)
Major vendors publish style guides for user-interaction elements to be
used for applications running on their platform. For instance, Apple
has published a design guideline docu ...