Hoober S., Berkman E. Designing Mobile Interfaces

O’Reilly, 2011. - 548 p. - ISBN: 978-1-449-39463-9This book contains practical tips to help you understand and internalize the fundamental principles for designing effective user interfaces, as well as a set of common patterns for interaction design on all types of mobile devices.This book provides practical techniques to help you catch — and keep — their attention. You’ll learn core principles for designing effective user interfaces, along with a set of common patterns for interaction design on all types of mobile devices. Mobile design specialists Steven Hoober and Eric Berkman have collected and researched 76 best practices for everything from composing pages and displaying information to the use of screens, lights, and sensors. Each pattern includes a discussion of the design problem and solution, along with variations, interaction and presentation details, and antipatterns.
Compose pages so that information is easy to locate and manipulate
Provide labels and visual cues appropriate for your app’s users
Use information control widgets to help users quickly access details
Take advantage of gestures and other sensors