Paulo Fierro’s session was an insightful yet practical session for mobile developers at Flash on the Beach – here’s some of his advice for building mobile apps:
- Choose your own adventure platform
- You’re not going to get rich
- Read the HIG (Human Interface Guidelines)
- Don’t make it boring
- Put fun in functionality
- I want to lick it
- Challenge convention
- Pull down to refresh
- Behaviour is different
- Content should be different
- My finger is fat (think of minimum dimensions for buttons)
- Resolution independence
- Don’t make me RTFM
- Move on your idea
- Your idea is not original
- We can make the world a better place
- Build for you
- Design a beautiful icon
- Web API’s are awesome
- You are building a product
- Love your users
- Listen to your users
- Stalk your users (use analytics)
- Know when to say no (but explain why)
- Design matters
- Sweat the details
- Don’t pretend
- Don’t throw tomatoes (ask Remy Sharp)
- Have fun
Paulo referred to iOS in his session but his advice applies to any mobile OS. Here’s some design tips specific to Windows Phone:
