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iPhone User Interface Design Projects
von: Joachim Bondo, David Barnard, Dan Burcaw, Tim Novikoff, Craig Kemper, Chris Parrish, Keith Peters, J
Apress, 2010
ISBN: 9781430223603 , 350 Seiten
Format: PDF, OL
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen
Preis: 35,30 EUR
Dedication Page
4
Contents at a Glance
5
Table of Contents
6
Foreword
11
About the Technical Reviewer
12
Introduction
13
What’s in This Book
13
CHAPTER 1: App Cubby
17
From Fanboy to Developer
17
Learning from Apple
18
To Tap or Not to Tap?
24
Usability Testing on the Cheap
28
Finding Users
28
Testing Done Right
28
Walking Through a User’s Test
29
Learning from Usability Testing
31
Fit and Finish
32
Summary
34
CHAPTER 2: Yet Another Google Reader
37
Choosing to Develop a Newsreader
37
Identifying Pitfalls of Current Newsreaders
38
Exploring the Google Reader Experience
39
Lack of Overview and Cumbersome Navigation
43
Lack of Data Control
44
Improving the Newsreader Experience
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Defining the Application Definition Statement
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Making the Application Native
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Making the Navigation More Effective
47
Giving a Better Overview
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Studying the User’s Reading Pattern
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Presenting the Information
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Outlining the Next Steps
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Summary
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CHAPTER 3: Brightkite for the iPhone
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Introducing the Brightkite Location-Aware Social Network
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Introducing Double Encore
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Moving From Web to Mobile
58
The Rise of Native Applications, to the Web’s Despair
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IT’S ALL ABOUT LOCATION
61
A Creative Paradigm Shift
62
BRIGHTKITE SHARES
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Designing for the First-Time User
65
Creating Virtually Infinite Drill-Down
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BEST PRACTICES FOR ADDRESS BOOK INTEGRATION
70
Summary
71
CHAPTER 4: Outpost
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Establishing Outpos
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Wireframing Outpost
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Designing Outpost
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Two Screens, One Application
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First Attempt
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Second Attempt
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Fitting In
83
Working in a Small Team
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Designing with HTML
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All That Glitters
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Summary
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CHAPTER 5: TanZen and Zentomino
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Finding the Elusive Application Idea
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Creating a Design Document
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Diving into the Code
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Creating the Piece UI
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Pieces, Pieces Everywhere
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Being Deceived by the Simulator
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Playing to the Emotions of Your Customers
98
Words? We Don’t Need No Stinking Words!
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How Many Buttons Does It Take?
100
When Is a Game Not a Game?
101
The Eureka Moment
101
I’m Not an Artist, But I Play One on the App Store
101
Vital, Yet Invisible
103
Racing to the Finish Line?
105
Building a Better Rotation
105
Finally Testing on a Device
108
Going Back to the Drawing Board
108
The Perils of Being 95 Percent Finished
110
The App Store Arrives
111
Recalling the First Days on the App Store
112
Responding to Rotation Issues
113
When to Say “Yes” and When to Say “Thanks, I’ll think about it.”
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Surviving on the App Store
117
Creating a Second Game Without Starting Over
118
Repurposing a Popular Interface
119
Making Interface Modifications to Fit the New Game Rules
119
Designing Around Limitations in Screen Size
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Colors, Colors Everywhere
120
Putting on the Finishing Touches
121
Summary
122
CHAPTER 6: Flash of Genius: SAT Vocab
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Checking Out the Competition
126
Mental Model Inconsistency
128
Inappropriate Orientations
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Small Buttons
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Starting Development
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Designing the Flashcards
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Designing the Buttons
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Testing the Application
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Launching the Application
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Summary
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CHAPTER 7: Postage
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Keeping the Application Focused
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Selecting Font Styles
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Selecting Font Colors
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Using Image Effects
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Setting Preferences and Configuring the Application
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Separating Tasks
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MODAL VS. MODELESS
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Analyzing the Context
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Considering Context in Postage
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Facing Potential Problems with Context
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Using Familiar Controls in Postage
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Creating the Application Flow
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Giving Hints About Flow
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Showing Instead of Telling
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Avoiding Icon Overload
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Tuning Responsiveness and Feedback
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Exploring the Postage Development Technique
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Creating Prototypes and Mock-ups
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Writing Specifications
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Considering Art
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Tuning the Touch
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THE TOOLS
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Summary
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CHAPTER 8: Falling Balls and Gravity Pods
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Creating Falling Balls
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Building the Game
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Adding the Game Controls
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Creating Gravity Pods
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Building the HUD
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Summary
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CHAPTER 9: FontShuffle
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Introducing FontShuffle
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Entering the World of Typefaces
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Understanding Fonts
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Characters and Glyphs
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The Anatomy of Letters
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OPTICAL SIZE AND READABILITY
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Choosing the Right Typeface for Screens
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DISTINCTIVE GLYPH FEATURES
202
Identifying Typefaces
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Serif vs. Sans Serif
203
Explosion of Type Styles
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Classification of Typefaces
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Exploring FontBook and FontShuffle
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FontShop’s Typeface Categorization
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Classes and Orders of Typefaces
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FontShuffle Step by Step
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Getting Started: Search Level 1
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Searching by Typeface Name: Search Level 1, version 1.1
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Displaying Classes: Search Level 2
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Displaying Families: Search Level 3
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Shuffle or List View: Search Level 3, version 1.1
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Displaying the Font: Search Level 4
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Summary
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CHAPTER 10: Snow Reports for the iPhone
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So You Like to Design, Huh?
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Why Design for the iPhone?
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Isn’t Programming for Programmers?
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Why Snow Reports?
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Why Learn iPhone Programming?
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My Design Process
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Defining the Project
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Acquiring Third-Party Resources
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Finding a Good Data Provider
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Creating a Flowchart
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Creating Wireframes
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Skinning the Design
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Developing and Programming
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Testing and Deploying
236
Beta Testing
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Deploying Your Application
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Details of the UI
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The Shape of Things
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Colors
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Sign of the Times
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Buttons
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Typefaces
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Loading vs. Splash Screen
240
Reporting the Day
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Coming from a Web Design Background
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Designing an Icon
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Summary
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Epilogue: Reactive Music and Invisible Interfaces
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How we got here and why we're doing it
245
Using sensors as reactive music interfaces
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Index
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