HIG Response

After reading the “iOS Human Interface Guidelines”, I realized the design of mobile apps basically should follow the guidelines, because the apps are on the iOS platform, as a designer, I should know deeply about what iOS7’s concept, what iOS7’s advantage and restrict, what iOS7 designers care about and what they have done.

I aware that the legibility is so important, because of the mobile screen is smaller in contrast with other interfaces, the text must be legible at every size. I also noticed the iPhone apps’ text size normally controlled in the limit of 22pt to 34pt.

Use plenty of negative space, this rule is what I need to follow, I always try to express more in this limited screen, and the consequence is all information looks like crowed, and no one want to pick the information in such a mess screen. Negative space is very helpful to highlight the real important text.

The confusing part is the more important area is on the upper left corner, I always consider it should be in the center, because of the iPhone’s screen is small. But when the whole page is all texts, like a novel, the most important area must be on the upper left corner, according to people reading habit. Only if images on this view, the most important area should be the center or on the image area, I’m not sure it is right.

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I noticed some well-designed apps not follow the frame of UIKit, they do not have navigation bar or tab bar, if they do not want use these tool, they have to design a simple way to let users learn their frame and how to interact part quickly and easily.

 

#thursdayapps – Sooshi

This app offer you tons of information about what sushi is, how to prepare sushi and where to find the best sushi places.

Here is the website of Sooshi: http://www.getsooshi.com/

The 70% reason I like this app because of visual design, the rest of reasons are about the parallax effects which fit for iOS 7’s new experience design, it use a simple and clean way to express how to use, not only offer the information, most important is expressing the culture of Japan.

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Ideas for food app

I have two ideas about food app, these are all about healthy life.

1. A bowl of China. This app focuses on the Chinese food culture, according to Chinese theory of “Wu Xing”, recommend kinds of vegetable, meat or fruit you should eat. The idea based on a question ” What to eat?”, every meal time I would ask myself this question. Modern people pursue healthy life, and they prefer eat healthy also. “Wu Xing” also known as the Five Elements, it is a fivefold conceptual scheme that many traditional Chinese fields used to explain a wide array of phenomena, from cosmic cycles to the interaction between internal organs. The “Five Phases” are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water.

2. Calories Manager. The function is let you know the calories intake everyday, and how to take some exercise to consume these calories, and keep your body a good healthy situation.