08 Mobile

Question 1

A responsive website is one which?

Answer 1

adjusts its appearance to suit the device it is being used on

Question 2

What apps is an example of a consumption app?

Answer 2

A social media app e.g. Facebook

Question 3

When a company decides that there is more than one use case for an app, they may split it into two or more separate apps. What is this process known as?

Answer 3

Unbundling

Question 4

What are the two main types of flow for mobile?

Answer 4

Linear, Hub and spoke

Question 5

7.6mm ​is the recommended ____________ size for both android and iOS.

Answer 5

tap target

Question 6

You are designing a new mobile app for a property company. Images of the properties need to be as big as possible. Which navigation style should you use?

Answer 6

Thumbnail view

Question 7

You are entering your delivery address for an online purchase and notice that your country of residence has been pre-populated. What is this an example of?

Answer 7

Smart default

Question 8

What is a software application?

Answer 8

Computer program built to perform a scertain set of tasks. Like word, excel

Question 9

What is a web application?

Answer 9

Application that are developed to run in a web-browser and can be used on any operating system that has a web browser.

Question 10

What is a responsive website?

Answer 10

Website or webiste application that adjust its appearacnce to suit the device it is beeing used on by altering fonts, image sizes, content hierachy and how navigation may appear

Question 11

What is a mobile website?

Answer 11

Also called m-dot webiste. This is a website spesifically deveoped for the capabilities and constraints of mobile devices. A mobile webiste is usually deveoped in conjunction with a seperate website. Example: Facebook

Question 12

What is a native app?

Answer 12

Software applications built spesifically for use on a mobile or tablet device. Native apps run on the operating system of the mobile device.

Question 13

What are the two most dominant operating systems?

Answer 13

iOS and Android

Question 14

What are the checklist point of making an app?

Answer 14

• volume: Do you have a lot of users?
• frequency: Hov´w often do they use the app?
• unique: Does your app need native capabilities a web app won´t provide?
• Cost: Is the cost of building and maintaining woth the benefits

Question 15

what is it called when you separate apps?

Answer 15

Un-bundling (Facebook has done this with facebook and messenger)

Question 16

What is important to consider when deciding to use a hub and spokes model

Answer 16

• should only be used when the sequence is not natural
• minimal dependenscies between the tasks
• long involved transactions

Question 17

What is a hub and spoke model

Answer 17

The non-linear sequence does not have to be completed step by step. You might even go in and change some of the decistions. This is called a hub and spoke

Question 18

What does navigation do?

Answer 18

• tells me where i am
• where i can go
• how i get there
• and how i get back to where i started

Question 19

Why does navigation matter?

Answer 19

Critical to good experiences
Smoothes the flow
reduces friction and saves people time

Question 20

What can we do to ensure good navigation?

Answer 20

• choose appropriate navigation
• choose it for our overall app
• choose it for spesific tasks within the app

Question 21

What is a tabbed menu?

Answer 21

Tabs at the bottom or top of the screen

Question 22

What is an off-canvas menu?

Answer 22

Primary menu appears using sliding navigation for the side.

Question 23

When should you use off canvas menu?

Answer 23

When you have broad content functionality
Too many options for tabs
All options are of equal importance

Question 24

What are floating buttons

Answer 24

Buttons at the bottom that float. Popular with utility apps
Prioritises scertain cases
Can also be used for navigation

Question 25

What are floating buttons

Answer 25

Buttons at the bottom that float. Popular with utility apps
Prioritises scertain cases
Can also be used for navigation

Question 26

What are the different navigation patterns?

Answer 26

Tabs
Off canvas
Floating buttons
content as navigation
blended

Question 27

What are smart defaults?

Answer 27

Prefilled information based off ip adress and so on- 
Use available data
Make educated guess
Most will benefit
Nobody will be worse off

Question 28

Whats important to remember in regards to content and navigation?

Answer 28

Always prioritise content over navigation
Most critical/popular content first
Navigation is accessible, but secondary

Question 29

What is the ideal tap size for android and ios?

Answer 29

7,6 mm

Question 30

What is a list view?

Answer 30

Displaying a list of the elements - image and text

Question 31

What is a detailed list view?

Answer 31

Lots of info and image - like amazon

Question 32

What does proritising content look like?

Answer 32

Like airlines, monomdo and so on. priorities based off of price, date, time and so on

Question 33

What is a grid view?

Answer 33

Like the one on online shops lika asos

Question 34

What is a thumbnail view?

Answer 34

Like looking at Finn.no

Question 35

What is the puropose of notifications?

Answer 35

To notify the user of communications from others and to remind them of upcoming tasks or events.

Question 36

What does notifications do?

Answer 36

• Inform the user
• Brings information to the user
• Quick access to functionality
• Quick access to the app

Question 37

What are the best practises of notifications?

Answer 37

Be genuienely useful
Be time sensitive
Dont bombard

Question 38

What does skeleton states do

Answer 38

They give the impression that your mobile software is loading faster than it actually is

Question 39

How many abandon apps if it takes more than three seconds to load?

Answer 39

53% of users