7 things to remember for an appealing mobile UI

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7 things to remember for an appealing mobile UI

• A new device means new requirements, new
  advantages, new challenges and new approach.
• Todays 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
  pre-determined rule of speed functionality and
  operation with effective UI.

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• 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.

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• Responsive Design (Layout, content, widgets)
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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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.

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

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• You need to stay consistent at delivering a
  likable, effective and useful user experience on
  every screen size.
• Varied users (novice vs. experts)
• Googles 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
  user who are using such gadgets for quite a while
  and uses them with speed. They are highly
  familiar with the functionality of such devices.

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• 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.
• 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 doesnt necessarily require
  big buttons but could be useful to find new ways
  of taking advantage of the physical input option.

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• 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 viewers attention from the first
  second.

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• 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 readymade design patterns comes
  with some essential elements which already are or
  becoming the obvious notions in a mobile-outlay
  and thus, you cant ignore them. Using such
  patterns could help you leverage your UI to a
  whole new level.
• 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.

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• These changes arent going to stop. And neither
  could you. Change is the only static rule.
• Thus, creating a good User Interface is a
  pre-planned, 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. Thats the goal for a UI
  designer.

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