Designing Mobile apps in India

Talk at GDD India on Designing mobile apps in India

Transcript

1. Designing mobile apps in India Soham Mondal #GDEWUD2017 #GDDIndia
2. Soham Mondal / @s0h4m Founder Triveous, Skyro Organizer, GDE Blrdroid Android/UX Consultant Enparadigm, Khoslalabs, Farmily
3. Agenda - Characteristics of an Indian mobile user - Design Considerations - Constraints - Regional - Testing - Sources and Further Reading
4. Indian Mobile User - Mobile phone is their first computing device - Lower end device - Flaky internet connection, limited wifi access - Prepaid not postpaid - Data is akin to currency - Apps are not updated - Speaks one of many languages IMAGE: DOREEN FIEDLER/PICTURE-ALLIANCE/DPA/AP IMAGES http://mashable.com/2016/08/19/india-internet-users-post-pc-era/#Kb.QCZZqz5qX
5. Design Considerations When building for India #GDEWUD2017 #GDDIndia
6. Constraints Regional Testing
7. Constraints Regional Testing
8. Constraints Regional Testing
9. Constraints Regional Testing
10. Constraints #GDEWUD2017 #GDDIndia
11. Cost - Highest cost for connectivity - Data purchase behavior http://blog.jana.com/blog/2015/05/21/the-data-trap-affordable-smartphones-expensive-data
12. Cost - Highest cost for connectivity - Data purchase behavior
13. Cost - Highest cost for connectivity - Data purchase behavior Solution: - Transparency and Control - Show up front how much data you’re going to consume - Show options for changing consumption - Show options to wait for wifi/schedule download
14. Compatibility - Lower end devices: - Low contrast - Low processing power, less memory,less storage space - Older versions of android - Broken
15. Compatibility - Lower end devices: - Low contrast - Low processing power, less memory,less storage space - Older versions of android Solution: - Material design affordances, clearer farther apart - Android: - Lower apk size - SD card installs - Optimise battery - Use low end devices
16. Connectivity - Not connected to the internet for the majority - Flaky, bad network connections
17. Connectivity - Not connected to the internet for the majority - Flaky, bad network connections Solution: - Design for normal cases will not work - Design for India - Design for offline, make online an edge case - Test in airplane mode
18. Connectivity - Not connected to the internet for the majority - Flaky, bad network connections Solution: - Design for normal cases will not work - Design for India - Design for offline, make online an edge case - Test in airplane mode
21. Regional #GDEWUD2017 #GDDIndia
22. Culture - Not used to asking for information or “searching” - Gestures
23. Culture - Not used to asking for information or “searching” - Gestures Solution: - Show what’s possible, give options, don’t wait for users to ask - Affordance
24. Culture - Not used to asking for information or “searching” - Gestures Solution: - Show what’s possible, give options, don’t wait for users to ask - Affordance
25. Content and Commerce - Languages - Try before you buy
26. Content and Commerce - Languages - Try before you buy Solution: - Localize - Use local images - Short, simple, direct language, don’t use culture specific words - PWA, Android Instant apps
27. Testing #GDEWUD2017 #GDDIndia
28. Testing - Assumptions - Usability issues Solution: - Usability tests - Test with real user groups in real environments - Think aloud testing - Record and share with team for empathy and awareness - Make it part of process, budget for it - Do it very early, do if often https://asinthecity.com/2013/04/09/recording-mobile-device-usability-testing-sessions-guerrilla-style/
29. https://asinthecity.com/2013/04/09/recording-mobile-device-usability-testing-sessions-guerrilla-style/
30. Sources and Further Reading
31. ಧನ ಾದ | ध यवाद | Thank You Soham Mondal | @s0h4m #GDEWUD2017 #GDDIndia