Small Screen Displays On Mobile Devices

Overheads

• Small screen mobile devices [Acrobat]  [PowerPoint]

Topics covered

• Issues associated with designing for small screens
• Case study: evaluating a mobile device
• Case study: designing a mobile device

Required Readings 

• None

Optional Readings

• None

Major sources used to prepare lecture material

• Shneiderman, B. and Plaisant, C.  Audio Menus and Menus for Small Displays (Section 7.8) in Designing the User Interface (4th Edition).  Pearson.
• Shneiderman, B. and Plaisant, C.  Displays - Small and Large (Section 9.5) in Designing the User Interface (4th Edition).  Pearson.
• Benyon, D., Turner, P. and Turner, S.  Evaluating Small Mobile Devices (Section 22.2) Designing Interactive Systems.  Addison-Wesley.
• Marcus, A., and Chen, E. "Designing the PDA of the Future" Interactions of the ACM Jan-Feb 2002.
• Frank, B. "Driving Devices: Lessons Learned in the Business of Designing Mobile UIs" Interactions of the ACM July-August 2006.
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