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Mobile First (2011)

by Luke Wroblewski(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

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Nonfiction

publisher

A Book Apart

series

A Book Apart

review 1: While this book contains data and reasons why we should design mobile first, it lacks a thorough overview on HOW we should design in a mobile first way. I expected that it will contain a comprehensive guide on workflows and theoritical aspects on responsive design.Nevertheless, this books had given me new insights on why we should design mobile first and many practical tips to apply right away.
review 2: Luke Wroblewsky can write well. This book is full of data and precise examples that make a clearly defined case for designing for mobile first. He considers the constraints (such as screen size, frequently lower bandwidth, a distracted audience) and capabilities (such as accelerometers, location detection, and inbuilt cameras) that make designing for mobile u... morenique. He considers how to lay out information in a manner suited to mobile, interpret mobile-specific actions (touches), and collect inputs in a mobile-friendly manner.The only problem, and it's quite a problem, is the book doesn't actually say anything. Yes Wroblewsky cites a lot of data about how quickly mobile's growing, but (as he himself points out) you don't need a chapter full of data to tell you that mobile's growing like mad. You just need to look around. You don't need his chapter on organization to tell you that less content's going to fit on a mobile screen and that you should consider carefully before cluttering up desktop versions with more content than appears on the mobile version. His chapter on inputs is full of examples of input forms for mobile, but unless you've been living under a rock, you've already seen helpfully-constrained input masking (such as ___-___-____ for a phone number, accepting digits only). The concreteness of this book may help prompt new thoughts on your current design. Just don't expect to learn from it. less

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