I also recommend after we have collected some good practices to write a how to wiki arcticle on mobile application ux design best practices.

VCsala wrote:

I also recommend after we have collected some good practices to write a how to wiki arcticle on mobile application ux design best practices.

That would be perfect. But first I think we should continue our discussion here and then update the wiki accordingly.

I just create a wiki page here [developer.qt.nokia.com]

Another thing that is important, in my opinion, is triyng to design the UI according to the SO. We can design a very good UI and very easy to use but if it is very diferent from the SO the user will always lost some time in the begin to adapt to it.

Milot Shala wrote:

VCsala wrote:

I also recommend after we have collected some good practices to write a how to wiki arcticle on mobile application ux design best practices.

That would be perfect. But first I think we should continue our discussion here and then update the wiki accordingly.

I just create a wiki page here [developer.qt.nokia.com]

I create a Spanish version of the wiki page here [developer.qt.nokia.com], I like the idea of a repository with best practices and usability patterns.

metRo_ wrote:

Another thing that is important, in my opinion, is triyng to design the UI according to the SO. We can design a very good UI and very easy to use but if it is very diferent from the SO the user will always lost some time in the begin to adapt to it.

And what does SO mean?

I create a Russian version of the wiki page here [developer.qt.nokia.com] too.
It’s good idea, because programmers usually isn’t designers, and therefore good applications sometimes has ugly interface and no many users as a consequence

Vass wrote:

I create a Russian version of the wiki page here [developer.qt.nokia.com] too. It’s good idea, because programmers usually isn’t designers, and therefore good applications sometimes has ugly interface and no many users as a consequence

Great, here’s the Albanian version.

Milot Shala wrote:

metRo_ wrote:

Another thing that is important, in my opinion, is triyng to design the UI according to the SO. We can design a very good UI and very easy to use but if it is very diferent from the SO the user will always lost some time in the begin to adapt to it.

And what does SO mean?

I would venture a guess that he meant OS….

fcrochik wrote:

Milot Shala wrote:

metRo_ wrote:

Another thing that is important, in my opinion, is triyng to design the UI according to the SO. We can design a very good UI and very easy to use but if it is very diferent from the SO the user will always lost some time in the begin to adapt to it.

And what does SO mean?

I would venture a guess that he meant OS….

Yes I thought so :D

sorry! yes, is OS, in portuguese is “Sistema Operativo – SO” :p

metRo_ wrote:

sorry! yes, is OS, in portuguese is “Sistema Operativo – SO” :p

That is interesting. In “Brazilian” Portuguese we call “Sistema Operacional”.

metRo_ wrote:

Another thing that is important, in my opinion, is triyng to design the UI according to the SO. We can design a very good UI and very easy to use but if it is very diferent from the SO the user will always lost some time in the begin to adapt to it.

That’s true. I gave an analogy building Android application and Symbian application. In the screenshots on the wiki you can clearly see that users will expect bottom Options and Exit or Back buttons, on Android every device button (back, menu, home and search) should do what is expected, this should be done if you want happy users.

One example is that on Android your application should not have an Exit button, because users would expect back button to actually exit the application, the same goes for Symbian, users expect an Exit action under Options menu (usually the right button is Exit, Back or Hide).

fcrochik wrote:

metRo_ wrote:

sorry! yes, is OS, in portuguese is “Sistema Operativo – SO” :p

That is interesting. In “Brazilian” Portuguese we call “Sistema Operacional”.

Interesting! In Albanian we call it Sistemi Operativ or Sistemi Operacional

Milot Shala wrote:

fcrochik wrote:

metRo_ wrote:

sorry! yes, is OS, in portuguese is “Sistema Operativo – SO” :p

That is interesting. In “Brazilian” Portuguese we call “Sistema Operacional”.

Interesting! In Albanian we call it Sistemi Operativ or Sistemi Operacional

Now I can say I know one world in Albanian: Operacional :) The sad part is that probably doesn’t sound at all like in Portuguese :(

I updated the Wiki [developer.qt.nokia.com], maybe it is a good idea for all of you to update it too, also if you add more things to the wiki, let us know here :)