Steven_Hoober

Steven Hoober

4ourth Mobile
On Twitter: shoobe01

Bio:

Steven Hoober wrote the book on mobile design patterns, and is best known for his ongoing research into how people really use touchscreen phones and tablets. He has been doing mobile and multi-channel design since 1999, designing the earliest mobile app store and the first Google mobile search for Sprint, several mobile browsers, many mobile sites such as Weather.com, and apps for companies like Hallmark, US Bank and Cummins. Steven maintains a repository of mobile design and development information including all the content from Designing Mobile Interfaces at the 4ourth Mobile Patterns Wiki, regularly writes for UX Matters magazine, and UX Magazine, among other writing and speaking.

Design for Fingers, Thumbs, and People: Real World Data and Tactics for Designing Touchscreen Interfaces

Despite decades of research and years of us all carrying a touchscreen mobile phones and tablets around, thereÕs a lot of myth, disinformation and half truth about how they work, and how best to design for touch. From evaluations of dozens of studies and new research, we know where and how your users really hold their phones, phablets and tablets, and how to design touch targets that work reliably.

You will learn:

How to design to account for the different ways people hold devices.
To design for reading and use, at scale.
How fingers work, and can hurt your design.
Touch target sizes and how touchscreens work.
How to avoid interference, or accidents in your touch interface.

Session Details

Date: Thursday 13:30 - 14:30
Room: Plaza 11-13
Type: 60-Minute Presentation
Track: Tools & Techniques

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Steven Hoober

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Design for Fingers, Thumbs, and People: Real World Data and Tactics for Designing Touchscreen Interfaces

Session Details