Designing for Mobile, Part 2: Interaction Design
My first mobile phone, a Nokia 5110 (purchased in 1998!), offered very few features: I could call, text or play Snake. What’s more, these interactions were completely controlled by the manufacturer. With the advent of smartphones, touch screens, and “app stores,” however, the opportunities for designers are now innumerable. Welcome to Designing for Mobile, Part 2: Interaction Design. Part 1 concluded with an exploration of information architecture in the mobile context. The design of interactions Most modern, mobile devices employ touch screens; which provide their own set of opportunities and constraints. Ergonomics Designing for mobile ergonomics requires that we pay attention to device dimensions as well as the pragmatic concerns of touch screens. Hit areas, or “areas of the screen the user touches to activate something” require adequate space for the user to accurately (and confidently) press. Yet there are no hard and fast rules with regards to hit areas. Gestures Transitions
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Linecons Free - Vector Icons Pack
Linecons Free is a set of remarkable free vector icons. The set contains 48 fully scalable vector icons with outline styles. You can use these icons when creating web and mobile interfaces. Each icon is thoroughly pressed in its specific and new style. Each icon is available in following formats: Webfont (HTML/CSS)PDFAI (Adobe Illustrator)PSD (Adobe Photoshop)PNG (Original size and 512×512 px)SVG (Universal Vector File) Icons include: Cloud, Heart, Star, TV, Sound, Video, Trash, User, Key, Search, Settings, Camera, Tag, Lock, Bulb, Pen, Diamond, Display, Location, Eye, Bubble, Cup, Phone, News, Mail, Like, Stack, Photo, Note, Clock, Paper plane, Params, Banknote, Data, Music, Megaphone, Study, Food, Lab, T-shirt, Fire, Clip, Shop, Calendar, Wallet, Vinyl, Truck, World. Linecons Free and Polaris UI Free was specially made by Designmodo for Smashing Magazine. Download Linecons Free
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Alaska Airlines drives app engagement with Passbook integration, push messaging
The Alaska Airlines mobile application for iOS users has been updated to enable users to add their boarding pass to Passbook, helping the airline improve customer experiences and increasing engagement. The airline has offered electronic boarding passes through its native apps for some time but this is the first time they will be supported by Apple Passbook. The updated app also now includes push messaging to alert users to gate and seat changes, time changes and other travel updates that can be served in real-time. “Passbook has really been growing in popularity and Alaska’s customers were asking for this functionality,” said Joe Beninato, general manager of digital wallet for Urban Airship, Portland. “Their new Passbook boarding passes go beyond the electronic boarding passes Alaska already had in its app to automatically pop-up on home screens as customers arrive at the airport, and also automatically update if something like a flight time or gate change occurs,” he said.
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