Mobile Design Issues

Designing for mobile devices is a specialized area of Interaction Design. It is more than just shrinking the image to fit on the screen. For this forum topic you will discuss some of the design issues inherent in designing for mobile devices.

Read the article that can be found at:

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/02/common-mobile-web-design-mistakes/

The article discusses 12 categories of common mobile web design mistakes. They are:

1. Not accounting for device width
2. Making users fill out long forms
3. Not reconsidering content
4. Eliminating content and functionality for no reason
5. Forgetting the size and limitations of a finger
6. Long page load times: heavy image file
7. Long page load times: too many images
8. Not taking advantage of CSS3 and HTML5 capabilities
9. Long page load times: too many imports
10. Long page load times: not communicating actions clearly
11. Not setting a home screen icon
12. Not being responsive.

Choose 4 of the categories and discuss how they are supported or violated in a mobile device of your choosing. Please specify the device. It can be a phone, an iPad, or another mobile device you use or have access to.

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