What You Should Know About iOS App Development and Review
iOS apps run on iPhones and other iOS devices. From the App Store and the iOS SDK to Objective-C and Xcode, plus four reasons companies choose iOS development: unified release, high security, easy monetisation and strong stability.
Personal vs Business WeChat Mini Programs: What’s the Difference?
Personal mini programs are limited to information display, while business mini programs support payments, orders and full marketing loops. Here is how the two differ in nature, function and service categories.
What to Watch Out for in Official Account Migration
Official accounts cannot change subject directly, but account migration can move followers, original-content protection, comment management, articles and more to a target account. Here is what to prepare and the seven-step process.
Eight Principles of Mobile App Design
Mobile app design is flexible and varied, but the design principles accumulated by the major mobile platforms offer valuable guidance. Here are eight principles, from content first to smart and considerate design.
The Interaction Characteristics of Touch Gestures
Since the iPhone, gesture-based interaction has replaced buttons and styluses, but finger input is imprecise and context changes everything. Designers must account for posture and situation.
What Makes an Excellent App?
In a crowded app market, standing out takes more than better features. Visual design that fits the product's brand and interaction experience with unified structure and creative details win users over.
Mini Program Menu Design
WeChat places the official mini program menu in the top-right corner of every page, including embedded pages and plugins. Designers cannot customise it but can choose dark or light colour schemes, and must reserve space around it.
Pantone Announces the 2021 Colours of the Year
Pantone has named Ultimate Gray and Illuminating as the 2021 Colours of the Year, only the second dual-colour pairing since 2016, symbolising optimism, strength and hope after a difficult year.
The Five Key Elements of UI Design
UI design demands not just skill but an understanding of the user-programme relationship. Five elements make a successful interface: simplicity, clarity, beauty, familiarity and overall style consistency.
The Eight Golden Rules of User Interface Design
Ben Shneiderman's eight golden rules of interface design, from 1998, remain the classic checklist: consistency, shortcuts, feedback, closure, error prevention, easy reversal, user control and low memory load.
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