What is Mobile Computing? | IxDF - The Interaction Design …
Mobile computing is the use of mobile devices to perform computing tasks while on the go—and without a fixed physical link. These devices include smartphones, tablets and wearable technology. They let users access, store and manipulate data from anywhere, anytime.
9. Mobile Computing - The Interaction Design Foundation
The iPhone completely redefined mobile computing and set new standards for mobile interaction design and user experiences that other companies, such as Google and HTC, still struggled to match up to 4 years later with the Android open source mobile operating system and associated online application store.
The 7 Waves of Mobile Computing | IxDF - The Interaction Design …
Connectivity is perhaps the largest driver for mobile computing. Convergence. Convergence was the desire to enable as many different functions of mobile computing from a single device as possible. The smartphone is the prime example of a convergent mobile device; it acts as a phone, a camera, a computer, an MP3 player, etc.
Pervasive and Mobile Computing | IxDF - The Interaction Design …
Pervasive and Mobile Computing: 121 articles by e. g. Zambonelli, Franco. Gleizes, Marie Pierre. Mamei, Marco.
What Comes First in Mobile Design: Tasks, Content, or Mobile ...
Hence, when you design for mobile, you must prioritize what is important for the user: give them what they need and do it efficiently within their changing environments and contexts. We can consider three approaches to design interactions for mobile: Mobile-First: Design for small screen sizes first and then expand to larger device sizes. Users ...
Simple Guidelines When You Design for Mobile | IxDF
Offer the option to switch between mobile and desktop at will. Maintain brand. The look and feel of each version should be similar. The Take Away. Mobile is different from the traditional desktop environment. While standard UX and usability considerations apply to a mobile context, the mobile environment brings new design considerations. We ...
14. Context-Aware Computing - The Interaction Design Foundation
Figure 14.4 A-B: Even in the early days of mobile computing, where notebook computers were considered mobile devices, users could choose the context in which to work. With the rise of mobile and handheld computers and ubiquitous computing, this changed even more radically.
One Size Fits All? Definitely Not in Task-Oriented Design for …
In their book “Pervasive Computing: The mobile world”, Uwe Hansmann et al. (2003) discuss the information technology infrastructure that would power the ubiquitous computing wave. In their discussion, they offered the insight that computing services would be provided via a range of devices available to the users, either directly or as part ...
What is Mobile User Experience (UX) Design? | IxDF
Mobile connections can be a colossal pain in areas with patchy service. Don’t make things difficult for your users. Try to: Retain data, so you don’t lose it in a connection break. Minimize page size for rapid loading. Kill off ad networks and pop-ups on mobile sites which consume huge amounts of bandwidth and data.
23. Wearable Computing - The Interaction Design Foundation
On this very topic, I co-authored a chapter about the use of computing technology to control feedback systems in human physiology (“Computing Under the Skin” which was published in Barfield and Caudell, “Fundamentals of Wearable Computing and Augmented Reality,” 2001). I agree with Steve that the extension of computing integrated into a ...