5 Fantastic Tips For A Great Mobile Application

One of the most important elements to a great app is a high level of usability. Apps that are easy to use get used. Apps that are confusing or difficult to use are ignored or quickly get deleted. Here are 5 tips to improve your app’s usability and help you get the most out of your mobile application development:

1. The layout of mobile applications should be clean and easy to navigate. Lay out any mobile application navigation in a format that makes it as easy as possible to get where you’re going inside the app with buttons and controls that invite you to tap them. Buttons should utilize contours and gradients that invite them to be touched.

2. Focus your mobile application’s functionality. Keep your mobile application simple and focused throughout the entire application. Determine what’s most important on individual screens and keep them simple and easy to use – remember, confusing apps do not get used.

3. Have the look and feel of the mobile application flow with the intended function. If you have a customer management app, skip the flashy layout and focus on maximizing functionality with a utilitarian mobile application interface.

4. Provide logical pathways of navigation for users to follow throughout your app. Provide back buttons and let users know where they are at any given time within your mobile application. Don’t forget to use simple, standard terminology that users will understand. Simplicity and ease of navigation will promote regular usage of your app.

5. Make all touchable targets fingertip size at a minimum.  Apple suggests touchable targets be at least 44×44 pixels but we suggest larger, we have never heard users ever complain about buttons being too big.