ITEC 3010 Walden University WK 4 Mobile Design Strategies
Discussion: Mobile Design Strategies
Web pages designed for desktop computers often end up producing a poor user experience on a mobile device. Information can be lost in the limited space on mobile devices’ small screens. This makes designing for mobile media tricky. For example, is it better to create one long page, where users must scroll, or several short pages that users click through? Each style has advantages and disadvantages. For example, scrolling through a page is easy for users; however, large pages can take a long time to load. In these situations, frequently there is no one right answer.
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In this Discussion, you will identify approaches you would take to design a mobile strategy for a business. You will also consider the advantages and disadvantages of various mobile design strategies.
To complete this Discussion:
- Imagine you have been asked to design the navigation and page layout/content for a toy company’s mobile website. Identify the strategies you would use to make the website user friendly.
- Consider the design strategies listed below and create your own detailed strategies for the website’s navigation and page content/layout. Go to the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 website for additional ideas.
- Navigation
- Navigation bars
- Navigation mechanisms
- Lengths of URIs for site entry points
- Use of external links
- Page Layout/Content
- Appropriate use of content (Consider what mobile users are looking for.)
- Page size
- Scrolling
- Background images
- Color
- In 1–2 paragraphs, explain your mobile design strategy.
- In 1–2 paragraphs, evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of your chosen strategy.
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