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Small Screen Navigation: BD Conf: Nashville, 2014
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Ben Callahan
July 30, 2014
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Small Screen Navigation: BD Conf: Nashville, 2014
Deck from my presentation on small screen navigation at BD Conf in Nashville, 2014.
Ben Callahan
July 30, 2014
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Transcript
@bencallahan SMALL SCREEN NAVIGATION
The Maze
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Congratulations! In celebration of all your hard work and discipline,
as a reward for all the risk you’ve taken to reach this point, we’re quite pleased to present you with…YOUR CONTENT! ! Keep up the good work! ! ~ The Management
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A Taxonomy ‣ Trigger Indicators ‣ Reveal Patterns ! ‣
Interaction Indicators ‣ Interaction Patterns
Trigger Indicators
What is a Trigger?
Trigger Indicators ‣ Words ‣ menu, main menu ‣ nav,
navigation ‣ site specific (sections, topics, products, etc.) ‣ Icons ‣ plus ‣ hamburger ‣ arrows ‣ “x”
TRIGGER INDICATORS Words
TRIGGER INDICATORS Icons Plus Hamburger Down Arrow
TRIGGER INDICATORS Other & Combinations
Trigger Indicators ‣ Words ‣ menu, main menu ‣ nav,
navigation ‣ site specific (sections, topics, products, etc.) ‣ Icons ‣ plus ‣ hamburger ‣ arrows ‣ “x”
Reveal Patterns
Reveal Patterns ‣ Always Available ‣ Anchor to Footer ‣
Select Element ‣ Make Room ‣ Cover Up ‣ Off Canvas ‣ Priority + ‣ Full Screen Takeover
REVEAL PATTERNS: ALWAYS AVAILABLE
REVEAL PATTERNS: ANCHOR TO FOOTER
REVEAL PATTERNS: SELECT ELEMENT
iOS 7 REVEAL PATTERNS: SELECT ELEMENT
REVEAL PATTERNS: SELECT ELEMENT Chrome on OS X
REVEAL PATTERNS: MAKE ROOM
REVEAL PATTERNS: COVER UP
REVEAL PATTERNS: OFF CANVAS
REVEAL PATTERNS: PRIORITY +
REVEAL PATTERNS: FULL SCREEN TAKEOVER
Reveal Patterns ‣ Always Available ‣ Anchor to Footer ‣
Select Element ‣ Make Room ‣ Cover Up ‣ Off Canvas ‣ Priority + ‣ Full Screen Takeover
Interaction Indicators
INTERACTION INDICATORS Icons
Interaction Indicators ‣ Icons ‣ plus ‣ dash ‣ “x”
‣ various arrows
Interaction Patterns
Interaction Patterns ‣ List ‣ Accordion ‣ Paging
INTERACTION PATTERNS: LIST
INTERACTION PATTERNS: ACCORDION
INTERACTION PATTERNS: PAGING
INTERACTION PATTERNS: PAGING
Interaction Patterns ‣ List ‣ Accordion ‣ Paging
A Taxonomy ‣ Trigger Indicators ‣ Reveal Patterns ! ‣
Interaction Indicators ‣ Interaction Patterns
So, what can we learn from all of this?
Content
Content
Content First
Make sure you’re building the right navigation
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Complex Architecture
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Focus
Focus
Behavior
Multi Open
Single Open
Single Open
Auto Scroll
JavaScript
Strive for a single DOM
mediaCheck, by @robtarr
Fallbacks are worth it
Off Canvas with no-js
Usability
Most users don’t expect the trigger
Can you navigate your site, without the navigation?
Teach Use
Familiarity breeds usability
Familiarity breeds usability
Collaborate
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I cannot do timeless work on my own
You cannot do timeless work on your own
Our Teams Our Clients Our Users Timeless Work +
Design without testing is guesswork You & Your Client You
& Your Users
You & your client working without your users is guesswork
Design without testing is guesswork
Put your work in front of real users
@bencallahan THANKS! Thanks to Ryann Pierce and Jeremy Loyd for
help with the wireframes used in this presentation.