Lesson 4: Fitting the UI Style Guide

Question 1

Why do ergonomics matter with iPhone 6 and large target type screen resolutions?

Answer 1

Users have to reach more, adding effort to the experience.

Question 2

What is the least used area of a mobile device?

Answer 2

Top left

Question 3

Why is high contrast an issue on mobile?

Answer 3

Users are on the move in varied lighting environments.

Question 4

What is a good thing to avoid in mobile UX?

a. Extra navigation
b. Visual metaphors, aka skeuomorphism
c. One-handed operations

Answer 4

a. Extra Navigation

Question 5

What is skeuomorphism?

Answer 5

The use of representations that mimic the real world.

Question 6

What is the main problem with skeuomorphism?

Answer 6

It leads to excessive detail and cluttered interfaces

Question 7

When we say “don’t change the map” what do we mean?

Answer 7

Don’t change the site map unnecessarily

Question 8

What do we mean by habitual?

Answer 8

Something done over and over again

Question 9

What is the difference between Discoverability and Learnability?

Answer 9

Discoverability refers to the ease with which users can discover features within an application. Learnability refers to how easy it is for the user to learn to use the application and its features.

Question 10

What’s a good way to aid discovery of features or advanced settings on mobile?

Answer 10

Provide hints or transitions

Question 11

How many colors should you use in mobile?

Answer 11

2-4

Question 12

What does Mobile First stand for?

Answer 12

Design for Tasks, Context and Focused Interactions

Question 13

Can you use hovers in mobile?

Answer 13

No

Question 14

How can UX be enhanced with responsive web design:

Answer 14

By supporting mobile usability

Question 15

What is a Native App?

Answer 15

One designed to run on a single operating system. for example, if you were going to develop a native app for iOS you’d do the development in Swift.

Question 16

What is a Hybrid App?

Answer 16

A hybrid app is designed to work on multiple platforms. It’s written using a single standard code language (such as C# or a combination of HTML5 and Javascript) and then compiled to be executed on each platform. Device specific interactions will normally be managed by the use of plugins for that operating system.

Question 17

What is a Responsive Website?

Answer 17

One designed to scale to the device using the browser for delivery

Responsive websites will be developed using HTML 5 and Javascript. Typically developers will take a “mobile first” approach to development with the mobile version offering a simpler and pared down experience to the desktop version of the same site.

Question 18

What is the drawback of using a responsive website?

Answer 18

The biggest drawbacks to using responsive websites are firstly that the app cannot be distributed through an app store; this can be a deal breaker if you’re looking to monetize downloads of your app. Secondly, there’s the issue that the user will need constant connectivity to make use of the website. This may not be a problem in highly developed markets where mobile broadband is near ubiquitous but can be a serious issue in developing markets.

Question 19

Are icons essential in mobile UX?

Answer 19

No, it depends on if they are intuitive

Question 20

What are examples of social UX opportunities?

Answer 20

Activity of others, Status of Others, Content of Others, Following;Liking;Tagging, Location Based Content, Social Navigation

Question 21

What is proximity?

Answer 21

Closeness of items indicating relationship