Buttons Are a Hack: The New Rules of Designing for Touch
Conference talk at Webstock
Fingers and thumbs turn design conventions on their head. In this talk from Webstock 2011, Josh Clark, author of Tapworthy, explains how touchscreen interfaces create ergonomic, contextual and even emotional demands that are unfamiliar to desktop designers.
He shows why familiar desktop windows, buttons and widgets are weak replacements for manipulating content directly, and offers practical principles for designing mobile interfaces that are both more fun and more intuitive. Along the way, Josh explains why buttons are a hack, how to develop your gesture vocabulary, and why toys and toddlers provide eye-opening lessons in this style of design.
What you'll learn
- Why touchscreens create ergonomic, contextual and emotional demands
- Why desktop buttons and widgets are weak substitutes for direct manipulation
- Practical principles for more fun, intuitive mobile interfaces
- How to develop a gesture vocabulary
- What toys and toddlers teach about touch design
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