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Ben Callahan
May 02, 2014
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Small Screen Navigation: ConvergeSE, 2014
The deck from my “Small Screen Navigation” presentation at ConvergeSE in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Transcript
SMALL SCREEN NAVIGATION @bencallahan
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
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 ‣ List ‣ Accordion ‣ Paging
Takeaways
Takeaways ‣ Architecture ‣ Focus ‣ Behavior ‣ JavaScript ‣
Usability ‣ Prioritization
TAKEAWAYS: ARCHITECTURE
TAKEAWAYS: ARCHITECTURE
TAKEAWAYS: FOCUS
TAKEAWAYS: BEHAVIOR Multi Open
TAKEAWAYS: BEHAVIOR Single Open
TAKEAWAYS: BEHAVIOR Single Open
Auto Scroll TAKEAWAYS: BEHAVIOR
Takeaways ‣ JavaScript ‣ Visible by Default ‣ Anchor to
Footer ‣ Single DOM
mediaCheck, by @robtarr
Takeaways ‣ Usability ‣ User Expectations ‣ Plan for the
Worst ‣ Teach Use
Prioritization
Prioritization
Prioritization
Prioritization
Prioritization
Prioritization
If you’re going to make a website, you better make
it easy to get to the content.
THANKS! @bencallahan