Book description
Usability Matters: Mobile-first UX for developers and other accidental designers gives you practical advice and guidance on how to create attractive, elegant, and useful user interfaces for native and web-based mobile apps.
About the Technology
Just because a mobile app works doesn't mean real people are going to like it. Usability matters! Most mobile developers wind up being part-time designers, and mastering a few core principles of mobile UI can make the difference between app and crap.
About the Book
Usability Matters is a guide for developers wrestling with the subtle art of mobile design. With each expertly presented example, app developer and designer Matt Lacey provides easy-to-implement techniques that instantly boost your design IQ. Skipping highbrow design theory, he addresses topics like gracefully handling network dropouts and creating intuitive data inputs. Read this book and your apps will look better, your users will be happier, and you might even get some high-fives at the next design review.
What's Inside
- Understanding your users
- Optimizing input and output
- Creating fast, responsive experiences
- Coping with poor network conditions
- Managing power and resources
About the Reader
This book is for mobile developers working on native or web-based apps.
About the Author
Matt Lacey is an independent mobile developer and consultant and a Microsoft MVP. He's built, advised on, and contributed to apps for social networks, film and TV broadcasters, travel companies, banks and financial institutions, sports companies, news organizations, music-streaming services, device manufacturers, and electronics retailers. These apps have an installed base of more than 500,000,000 users and are used every day around the world.
Matt previously worked at a broad range of companies, doing many types of development. He has worked at startups, small ISVs, national enterprises, and global consultancies, and written software for servers, desktops, devices, and industrial hardware in more languages than he can remember. He lives in the UK with his wife and two children.
Quotes
At last! A systematic treatment of the many different aspects involved in designing an app that people can use intuitively.
- Alan Lenton, www.IBGames.com
An engaging and easy read. It is instantly apparent this book distills years of experience into easy-to-digest chapters.
- Desmond Horsley, NSW Health Pathology
Highly recommended to any developer trying to wrap their head around app usability.
- Clifford Kamppari-Miller, The Tech Service
There were many gems in this book that brought on an ‘Oh yeah, that makes sense!’ kind of response.
- Alvin Raj, Oracle
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About this book
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Part 1. Context
- Part 2. Input
- Part 3. Output
- Part 4. Responsiveness
- Part 5. Connectivity
- Part 6. Resources
- Appendix A. Exercise answers
- Appendix B. Put it into practice
- Appendix C. Recommended reading
- Appendix D. Bibliography
- Things every app should do
- The six components of a great app experience: a handy reminder
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings
Product information
- Title: Usability Matters
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2018
- Publisher(s): Manning Publications
- ISBN: 9781617293931
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