Mobile

Question 1

What is a software application?

Answer 1

Computer program built to perform a certain function or set of tasks.

Question 2

What is a web application?

Answer 2

Developed to run in a web browser on any operating system; website.

Question 3

What is a responsive website?

Answer 3

Site that adjusts appearance to suit the device it is being used on. Alters fonts, images, sizes, content hierarchy and nav appearances.

Question 4

What is a mobile/m-dot website?

Answer 4

Website specifically developed for capabilities and constraints of a mobile device. Typically designed in conjunction with a separate desktop website.

Question 5

What is a native app?

Answer 5

Software specifically built for mobile/tablets. Runs on the operating system of the device. Optimized to use abilities of smart phones and tablets.

Question 6

What 4 things do you look at to justify a native app?

Answer 6

• Volume: Do you have a lot of users?
• Frequency: How often do they use the app?
• Unique: Does your app need native capabilities a website can’t provide?
• Cost: Is the cost of building and maintaining the app worth the benefits?

Question 7

What are the 4 main types of applications?

Answer 7

• Utility
• Process
• Consumption
• Commerce

Question 8

How do you determine which type of application you should use?

Answer 8

Through workflow complexity and structure.

Question 9

What is a utility application complexity and structure?

Answer 9

Simple & structured

Question 10

What are examples of utility applications?

Answer 10

Banking, Uber, whats app, calendar

Question 11

What is a process application complexity and structure?

Answer 11

Complex & structured

Question 12

What are examples of process applications?

Answer 12

insurance claims, realty, adwords

Question 13

What is a consumption application complexity and structure?

Answer 13

Simple & random

Question 14

What are examples of consumption applications?

Answer 14

Newspapers, Netflix, Facebook, online education

Question 15

What is a commerce application complexity and structure?

Answer 15

Complex & random

Question 16

What are examples of commerce applications?

Answer 16

eCommerce apps, Amazon, Walmart

Question 17

When would you consider app unbundling?

Answer 17

When you have 2 or more user flows that have vastly different processes. You’d have smaller apps better at doing their primary use case.

Question 18

What are the 3 different types of mobile flow?

Answer 18

• Linear
• Non-linear
• Hub-and-spoke

Question 19

What are 4 characteristics of linear flow?

Answer 19

• Natural sequence
• Routine transactions
• Dependencies (on previous steps)
• Short, quick transactions

Question 20

What is 1 characteristic of non-linear flow?

Answer 20

Steps are not dependent on one another

Question 21

What are 4 characteristics of hub-and-spoke flow?

Answer 21

• Hub page allows access to any spoke page
• Sequence is not natural
• Long, involved transactions
• minimal dependencies

Question 22

What are the 5 navigation patterns for mobile?

Answer 22

• Tabs
• Off-canvas
• Floating buttons
• Content as nav
• Blended

Question 23

When would you consider using tabs and off-canvas nav?

Answer 23

• Broad content or functionality

- Some content is more important

Question 24

When would you consider using off-canvas nav?

Answer 24

• Broad content or functionality
• Too many options for tabs
• All options of equal importance

Question 25

What navigation is primarily on utility apps?

Answer 25

- Floating buttons for primary nav | - Everything else on off-canvas nav

Question 26

What navigation is primarily on consumption apps?

Answer 26

- Content as primary nav | - Secondary options off-canvas

Question 27

What navigation is primarily on commerce apps?

Answer 27

Primary nav is off-canvas

Question 28

What navigation is primarily on process apps?

Answer 28

Primary nav is based on linear or hub-and-spoke options

Question 29

What are the benefits of using input types?

Answer 29

- Reduces user workload - Reduces user errors - A lot of code bases offer built-in input types

Question 30

What is more important to prioritize? Content or navigation?

Answer 30

Content. Prioritize the most critical/popular content first. Nav is secondary and accessible.

Question 31

For a tap target, what is the average width of a finger?

Answer 31

11 mm

Question 32

What are 4 different types of content views?

Answer 32

- List view - Thumbnail view - Grid view - Map view

Question 33

What are 3 things to help determine which type of content view to use?

Answer 33

- Simplicity or complexity of content - Importance of imagery - Relevance of location

Question 34

What 2 purposes do notifications serve?

Answer 34

- Notify the user of comms from others | - Remind users of upcoming tasks or events

Question 35

What are 4 characteristics of good notifications?

Answer 35

- Inform the user - Bring into to the user - Quick access to functionality - Quick access to app

Question 36

What 3 things can we do to make notifications less annoying?

Answer 36

- Don't bombard - Make them genuinely useful - Make them time sensitive

Question 37

What is the benefit of a skeleton state?

Answer 37

Gives the impression the site is loading faster than it is.