Android UX Anti Patterns

3 Simple tips to avoid a bad user experience on android based on the book Android Design Patterns, by Greg Nudelman

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1. Android UX 
 Anti-Patterns Filipe Mendes - ForkIT 1
2. Introduction • Majority of programmers have poor graphic and UI skills; 2
3. Introduction • Majority of programmers have poor graphic and UI skills; • Very few understand why UX is so important. 3
4. Bachelor’s final project design
5. Introduction • Majority of programmers have poor graphic and UI skills; • Very few understand why UX is so important. • Sign Up/Sign in - Welcome Experience Keep in mind the following examples may not be accurate today ! 5
6. Introduction • Majority of programmers have poor graphic and UI skills; • Very few understand why UX is so important. • Sign Up/Sign in - Welcome Experience • Crippled Refinement - Sorting & Filtering Keep in mind the following examples may not be accurate today ! 6
7. Introduction • Majority of programmers have poor graphic and UI skills; • Very few understand why UX is so important. • Sign Up/Sign in - Welcome Experience • Crippled Refinement - Sorting & Filtering • Useless Controls - Avoid missing & undesirable results Keep in mind the following examples may not be accurate today ! 7
8. Sign Up/Sign In Problem: Long sign up forms are against any mobile e x p e r i e n c e . A c c e s s t o information in simple and fast way. Example: SitOrSquat
9. Sign Up/Sign In Problem: Long sign up forms are against any mobile e x p e r i e n c e . A c c e s s t o information in simple and fast way. Example: SitOrSquat Solution: Only request what is strictly necessary when strictly necessary to proceed.
10. Crippled Refinement Problem: Loss of applied filters when we want to refine the current search. Example: Amazon
11. Crippled Refinement Problem: Loss of applied filters when we want to refine the current search. Example: Amazon Solution: Keep the applied search in a separate activity or dedicated fragment. Related patterns: Refinement page, Filter Strip
12. Useless Controls Problem: Applying filters to 0 results. Example: TripAdvisor
13. Useless Controls Problem: Applying filters to 0 results. Example: TripAdvisor Solution: Removal. Related patterns: Did you mean?
14. Good practices • Simulate the app navigation with a small notepad; 14
15. Good practices • Simulate the app navigation with a small notepad; • The less actions, the better; 15
16. Good practices • Simulate the app navigation with a small notepad; • The less actions, the better; • Avoid using too many dialogs; 16
17. Good practices • Simulate the app navigation with a small notepad; • The less actions, the better; • Avoid using too many dialogs; • Keep a stack of activities; 17
18. Good practices • Simulate the app navigation with a small notepad; • The less actions, the better; • Avoid using too many dialogs; • Keep a stack of activities; • Don’t underestimate a user’s confusion; 18
19. Good practices • Simulate the app navigation with a small notepad; • The less actions, the better; • Avoid using too many dialogs; • Keep a stack of activities; • Don’t underestimate a user’s confusion; • Always design specifically to each platform (“pure android”) 19
20. Conclusion • Always request what necessary when strictly necessary to proceed; 20
21. Conclusion • Always request what necessary when strictly necessary to proceed; • Keep the active filters in each consecutive search; 21
22. Conclusion • Always request what necessary when strictly necessary to proceed; • Keep the active filters in each consecutive search; • Stop showing unnecessary controls. 22
23. Biography • http://gennovacap.blogspot.pt/2013/02/quality-ui-design-in- mobile-devices-why.html, on 6/05/2013 • http://developer.android.com/design/index.html, on 6/05/2013 • Greg Nudelman, Android Design Patterns, Willey, 2013 23