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Nielsen Norman Group

Mobile User Experience

via Nielsen Norman Group

Overview

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Get the core principles for designing effective mobile user interfaces on smartphones and tablets. Learn how to derive your own mobile guidelines.

Syllabus

What you will learn

Build a foundation of mobile-design essentials

  • Mobile limitations and strengths
  • Principles and design patterns for mobile
  • Why users choose to use a mobile site vs. a mobile app
  • Mobile behaviors and activities

Learn best practices for critical components and organization strategies

  • Navigation and search: Hamburger menus, tab bars, navigation bars, search design, secondary navigation, and more
  • Listing items: Hub-and-spoke, deck-of-cards, horizontal swiping, carousels, cards, and grids
  • Form design: Input-field guidelines and errors
  • Mobile content: Scannability, images, videos, tables
  • Logging in and onboarding

Taught by

Nancy Douyon, Tanner Kohler

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