7 things to remember for an appealing mobile UI

A new device means new requirements, new advantages, new challenges and new approach.

Today’s new device is any type of mobile device. Mobile devices are catching on fire in the modern ‘mobile’ world. People are accessing websites, apps and games on-the-go. Whenever they get time, they would unlock their mobile devices and would quickly finish their pending work or would just pass the time with it.

The word ‘quickly’ requires our second attention. Mobile devices are built for speed, convenient and on-the-go experiences. And services and apps provided in such devices come with a predetermined rule of speed functionality and operation with effective UI.

Basing on quickness and likability of a mobile UI, we have created a list to remember during creating an effective Mobile UI which is much more usable and likable.

1. Responsive Design (Layout, content, widgets)

There was a time when special mobile websites were made and were also popular among the community. Nowadays, responsive web designs have almost eliminated the requirement for a special mobile website.

A Responsive Web Design (RWD) fits according to the different screen sizes and places the content, layout and widgets accordingly. This helps to improve the user experience to a great level as well also eliminates the cost of creating and hosting a whole new website for mobile devices.

Moreover, responsive designs befits with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) protocols more adequately than the non-responsive designs. RWD is also recommended by most Search engines.

2. Consistency of Experience on Different Displays

To create a unique user experience on a mobile device, you also have to consider the different size of the mobile devices. They could vary both in size and also in pixel density. With each change, a responsive design would change its layout and placement of things.

You have to make sure that on each display, the website looks great. The fonts should not get too small, picture should not be distorted or the placement of the elements should not be out of sight. Also, on smaller screens, cleaner layout with minimal elements is the best option.

This consistency should also stay similar on devices with different operating systems. It gives a positive, native semblance on each device.

You need to stay consistent at delivering a likable, effective and useful user experience on every screen size.

3. Varied users (novice vs. experts)

Google’s open source Mobile Operating System has flooded the market with hundreds of new mobiles devices including cellular phones, tablets, phablets and laptops. The reason is the low cost with high quality.

It also brought millions of new users in the scene who were having their smart phones or tablets for the first time. For them, everything was new and unknown.

On the other hand, there also exist the expert users who are using such gadgets for quite a while and uses them with speed. They are highly familiar with the functionality of such devices.

While creating a great Mobile UI, you need to find a balance to deliver a nice UI for both of those groups. It should be simple enough for the new novice users to understand and fast enough for the expert users to exclude the possibility of losing their interest. 

4. Take advantages of Input methods 

While most mobile devices are touch-based, laptops and some smart phones comes with a physical keyboard. Also, with different Operating systems (Android, iOS, Windows Phone) and even the versions, the number and option of the physical buttons and functionality would differ.

Touch-based devices would need big buttons with right placement of elements, while devices with physical keyboards doesn’t necessarily require big buttons but could be useful to find new ways of taking advantage of the physical input option. 

5. Be more graphical

Visual presentation helps to remember things better. Be more graphical.

Instead of describing everything in written, you could use visual charts, graphs, images or even cartoons to make your content and outlay more interesting. Graphical representation strikes the viewer immediately.
Also, the font style, size and placement method could be considered as a graphical representation to some extent as a user would first analyze the whole website (in half a second probably) first and would get the first impression through the look-and-feel of the page. And it is based on the graphical appeal of the whole website.

Grab the viewer’s attention from the first second. 

6. Use Established Patterns

There are established design patterns on the web which are iterated many times and are rectified and redefined every time for the optimal user experience. These ready made design patterns comes with some essential elements which already are or becoming the ‘obvious’ notions in a mobile-outlay and thus, you can’t ignore them. Using such patterns could help you leverage your UI to a whole new level. 

7. Keep updating 

Even though, you have found a robust outlay, you are always required to update. Time changes, notions changes, new tricks and technologies appears which could be much more efficient at delivering better UI/UX.

These changes aren’t going to stop. And neither could you. Change is the only static rule. Thus, creating a good User Interface is a preplanned, well-determined, user-centric and purpose full process which needs keen attention to place everything right, uncluttered and provide the user an pleasant experience on which he would return again. That’s the goal for a UI designer.

Important facts about open source customization

Customizing the open source. By open source, we do not always mean it is free! they are open source technologies, could have a price tag for downloading and running it, but customization is something of skill driven asset.

Open source is much more than just free software, as it is so often characterized. The open source is a new way of developing and using applications more flexible, more collaborative and more efficient. These methods are totally in step with the technical, economical and organizational challenges facing the business and the public sector today.

It’s fair to say that there are some widely held misconceptions about open source software, as well as some potential challenges that public sector organizations should be aware of.  Here’s our take on separating the myths from the facts.

So, What does open source customization bring on board?

From a decision maker point of view, the open source customization is to be attempted to :

·         Save time

·         Reduce total cost of ownership

·         Make it long lasting and

·         Ensuring skill for customization is always available

The Facts :

        There may be hidden costs : The support and maintenance cost may be greater than those of the proprietary package. It is important to examine the full cost of ownership with your supplier mitigate this risk.

        There may be further development required : open source software may need to be developed further to integrate with existing proprietary software systems. Some open source solutions may never work well with established proprietary products.

        Virtual shore : Opening up new opportunities by implementing collaborative development method that are extensively used in the world of open source. The virtual shore approach meets current demands for agility and cost-saving.

That depends on what open source and where you are planning on applying them!

Some Examples :

·         You customize a open source and make it your own very successful product.

·         You use it to solve a business problem.

·         You do not wish to re-invent the wheel.

·         You know such technology and feature development is next to impossible with your existing   infrastructure and constraints. And

·         You always knew what you wanted.

Just reach us out and we will help you figure what open source fits your needs best!

With the growing demand of open source customization in global market, the customers are looking for open source customization team that has ability to create efficient open source development, which have unique features.

Whitepaper IT is the company which is specializes in open source customization with years of experience, they provide cost effective solution to their clients.

Let’s say you can get a website made for 145$ Is that cheap or smart?

Selling cheap has become a norm, people everywhere are selling cheap to get by. But then are those services really cheap, especially when it comes to servicing the website design requirements of a business?

“the answer to increased competition in web design became reduction in profit margins” – says Managing Director Manas Bhatt, Whitepaper IT, India.

The solution was not reduce profits, but to optimize and effectively deliver more.

We at Whitepaper IT focus on finding ways to optimize the cost of service and hence improve the quality of delivery, without compromising on price or profitability and thus ensure healthy business association.

This became obvious when we started looking in to UI/UX i.e. User Interface & User Experience as a service proposition instead of web design.

However, we also realized that we can do a website for less than 145$ and still deliver top of the line spectrum.

Going so far to include within the 145$

•          A customized design

•          Responsive i.e. HTML5/CSS3 and mobile compatible

•          Dynamic pages and blog features

•         Contact forms, Maps Integration

This is for real and this is the future. 

A decent template can be bought for 45$ from themeforest.net type websites, but then real value for the template is only achieved when someone spends time behind it and doing such things as:

•          Changing the banners

•          Apply smart, relevant content

•          Enhancing look and feel, by apply suitable brand and associations

•          Setting up form fields and

•          Troubleshooting bugs

The end result is an altogether new site. This resembles business that used to be some 5-6 years ago, when a very custom site could be made for 350$, now, we can still do the same but for half the price.

Observes, www.whitepaperIT.com

Can you design your user interface for customer experience on a website and does it matter?

User interface and experience design are close, but its like having a mirror and looking at it and not finding what you look at likable.

That’s not to say your face is bad, its just that your face needs some adjustments, like you can do better with a smile.

Trust us, try this experiment on yourself.

Go to the mirror and smile, you will suddenly feel better.

That’s experience delivery.

We do the same when it comes to delivery better experience to your customers when they are on your website.

Since websites are no longer about just having some information listed in there and has become a vital business tool for marketing and lead generation, customer interactions and retention.

This means business and you must deliver great interactivity to ensure best conversions and return on investments.

Your products must have the ui/ux design in them, plan your ui design in advance and apply ui design patterns in them as much as you can and do work with experienced ui developers.

If you have trouble finding them, you can approach www.whitepaperit.com and sample out their services. They do a whole lot of UI/UX work for customers and address whole industry wide problem by delivering web application, mobile application UI/UX solutions and also work with you on determining the A/B options for best lead conversion optimization on your sites.

The services are discussed in detail here http://whitepaperit.com/ui-ux-design-services-overview.html

Be a sport and look out, get smart and become better at what you do. Get better UI/UX design for better business.

That’s what Steve Jobs did, perhaps it worked for him… no kidding right? We are not trying to be cheeky, the experience and interface matters.