app design tips

information from Computer Arts / aug

1. design for the device
Design from the "inside-out".

2.draw on real life

3. no one reads instructions

4. stay simple

5. do one thing, and do it well.

"Good apps are generally single-purpose, functional things that help users ort in their day-to-day lives."

6. give incentives

app needs to do something more than a mobile website - something better and quicker, which enables the information to always b e there in the palm of your hand.

7. challenge convention

Never re-purpose material. Challenging the traditional print.

8. find a hook

It must be something that people would like to play in any spare gaps you have in the day.

9. quality, stability, visibility

Mobile apps could replace website.

10. be motivated