From 2014 Xamarin Evolve, we look at what UX Patterns are and some common patterns we need to work through in designing and implementing cross platform designs.
“The elements of this language are entities called patterns. Each pattern describes a problem that occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core of the solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use this solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice.” Christopher Alexander A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction.
User Experience (UX) vs User Interface (UI) UX • Overarching architecture of the app • Accounts for user’s needs and desires • Balances with business goals • Establishes the purposes • Describes the desired outcomes • Informed and guided by UX • Visual Design • Tactical UI
Jane needs to be able move between her news feed, incoming friend requests, and recent notifications. Sometimes she’ll need to get to her profile, security settings, and privacy preferences. UX Says: We’ll design tabs that prioritize those menu items and allow for overflow. We’ll position them at the bottom on iOS and on top for Android. UI Says: UITabBarController on iOS. ActionBar with Tabs on Android. w00t! Xamarin.Forms FTW! Dev Says:
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“…user testing showed that users skip or otherwise ignore dialogs, tours, video demos and transparencies. At best, users find them a minor inconvenience. At worst, the patterns significantly aggravate new users who are trying to get into the app.” Theresa Neil, Rich Malley Rethinking Mobile Tutorials: Which Patterns Really Work?
Keys to Good Onboarding Tutorials 101 • Use less text. • Don’t frontload. • Make it fun, rewarding. • Reinforce learning through play, use. • Listen to your players, users.
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