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Michael Burnbaum: Apple iPhone Developer Program -If you want to create an iPhone app, you need to understand the capabilities of the iPhone and its interface. Can you shoot a .45 caliber bullet out of your iPhone? No. Can you shoot videos? Yes! The good news is that you don't have to memorize the encyclopedic Apple User Interface Guidelines to get a feel for what works and what doesn't in iPhone Apps. Download and play with as many apps as you can, and think about what functionality you want to include in your product. Take note of: How do well-designed apps navigate from screen to screen? How do they organize information? How MUCH information do they present to the user? How do they take advantage of the iPhone's unique characteristics: the accelerometer, swiping features, pinch, expand and rotate functions? Action: Download the Top 10 apps in every category and play with all of them. Review the Apple Guidelines for UI design and list at least 5 features you'd like to incorporate into your app. We assume here that you've already determined that your app will bring value and that you will have a raging audience for your app. Well, fine, they are raging fans, but who are they really? What actions will they take to achieve their goals within the app? If it's a game, maybe they want to beat their high score. Or perhaps they are a first time player -- how will their experience differ from someone who is getting a nice case of brain-rot playing your game all day <b>...</b> |
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Michael Burnbaum: Apple iPhone Developer Program
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