Real Estate Issues

by Will Luers

please open chrome and the iOS simulator

Layout for Mobile App Design

is the mobile device a new form

or a mashup and remediation of

established forms

constraint of the frame = form

a remediation of movies and

book

the viewport = the rectangular viewing region

movies books

landscape portrait

http://resizemybrowser.com/

constraints of mobile layout:screen resolution & screen

orientation

portrait landscape desktop/laptop

1536 × 2048 / 2048 × 1536 (iPad with Retina display) ?

responsive designthe website scales to different device widthsand orientations

http://hicksdesign.co.uk/journal

- ems and % (flexible layout)- different stylesheets - media queries

How?

the big layout questions for mobile

app design...- portrait or landscape?- scroll or swipe?- single or multiple columns?- white (empty) space?

landscape = multiple

portrait = singular

but...

the vertical canvas can introduce multi-dimensional time

the horizontal canvas can

introduce empty space

most mobile phone apps favor portrait mode and one idea in

depth

vertical layout = one idea in depth

dual-orientation on the ipad

card model:

scroll model:

http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/ipad-scroll-or-card/

scrolling vs. swiping on touch screen

the scroll model works for... - multi-dimensional flow - alternation of text and image- short-form storytelling - scalable content - dynamic content

http://lostworldsfairs.com/atlantis/

http://www.nikebetterworld.com/

The card model works for... - linear and one-dimensional flow- simultaneity (image and text)- moving image (games and movies)- long-form storytelling- device control (native apps)- structural and fixed content

integration of swipe + scrollhttp://m.discoverthetarkine.com.au/#homepage http://automobiles.honda.com/mobile/

The "infinite canvas" is a challenge to think big; a series of design strategies based on treating the screen as a window rather than a page.

-Scott McCloud

the possibilities of the “infinite canvas”

http://scottmccloud.com/4-inventions/canvas/

Chris Ware’s New Yorker insert

“touching stories” (ipad app)

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touching-stories/id376922506?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4