Tweet from @c0up: “Interesting to see Google basically vouch for the fly-out menu as an Android pattern with their Google+ update”
Introducing androidux.com
I started other side project. It’s collection of google android UX screenshots. Site has two main purposes. Go! side projects!
I love this stuff.
Free Official Android “Action Bar icon pack”
Hot off the press: Official Android stencils just released. Free downloads: Fireworks, Photoshop, OmniGraffle. via @c0Up
Apple has 75% of the smartphone market’s profit share on 39% of the revenue.
Excellent article by @globalmoxie: Designing for Touch
“Stacking controls in a touch interface should always be avoided, especially at screen bottom. Unfortunately, that means Android apps should have their controls at the top of the screen to avoid crowding the system buttons. It’s not ideal: this puts navigation outside the thumb zone, and when you tap a button, the hand covers the entire screen. But it’s better than the alternative, which invites fat-finger errors.”
“For Android, app navigation and controls should float to the top. This is the reverse of the convention for iPhone, where the Home button doesn’t create the same kind of competition as Android’s buttons. Compare the Foursquare app for Android, left, and for iPhone, to see the resulting difference.”
Mobile browser stats - Dec 2011
Brad Frost: “Moral of the story, don’t ignore Opera on mobile like you do on desktop”
Samsung Galaxy II microsite via @chloalo
Another vertical scroll parallax site (even copies Nizoapp at one stage)
Persistent subtle left nav. Persistent footer gets placed nicely at the top of the traditional footer.
