Leveraging Gesture-Driven Design to Influence Mobile User Experience

The last 5 years have been pretty astounding in terms of where mobile UX has gone. We saw a major paradigm shift when Apple came onto the market. The user interface/experience that users now expect changed overnight.

With our first iPhone centric design we latched onto the “Introduction of Interface Guidelines” from Apple. The guide had great impact on how we approached mobile design, however; as users and designers become more sophisticated, design approaches shift, UX gets better, expectations change and we get better at our craft…

In Thomas Joos, article, “Beyond The Button: Embracing The Gesture-Driven Interface”, posted on May 24 via Smashing Magazine, Joos explores the potential of gesture based interfaces. It’s definitely worth a read!