Transcript Designing Visual User Interfaces for Mobile Applications

Designing Visual User Interfaces
for Mobile Applications
By Luca Chittaro
Frank Tian
CSCE 436
Distinctive aspects of mobile HCI
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Device related
◦ Screen size – mobile vs. large displays in office
or at home
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Context of use
◦ Secondary task vs. primary task
 Mobile users on the move and have to attend to
things happening around them
Designing mobile interfaces
Use images and animations to display
information rather than text.
 Make use of mobile device capabilities
such as sensors.
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◦ Such as GPS or motion sensors
◦ Can create more interactive applications
Works cited
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Chittaro, Luca. "Designing Visual User
Interfaces for Mobile Applications." Web.
<http://hcilab.uniud.it/publications/201102/MobileVisualInterfaceDesign_EICS201
1.pdf>.