November 2008

Mobile 2.0

The “Full Web” Isn’tMobility Goes Beyond the Desktop

Who am I?Usability, human factors, interaction design, industrial design, marketing, engineering, entrepreneur, MBA

Product designer, product strategist, blogger

Mobilist2

Barbara Ballard

Whereare we?

The Good

The Bad

The Ugly Opportunity

“Full Web” Experience

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A good user experience

A process, system, or interface that is

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• Usable

• Useful

• Contextual

Matches user’s mental modelor easy to deduce

Right information, content, and features for current situation

Engaging games, fun shopping, reliable & efficient intranet

Add to expense reportCan a full-web approach deliver a good experience?

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Example:

A full-web approach

Standby screen

Full web browser: Safari, Opera Mini, etc.

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A full-web approach

Signing in took a full minute via triple tap

Full view, select a report

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A full-web approach

A few steps later ...

Zoom to select the actual report

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A full-web approach

There seems to be a new section at the bottom

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A full-web approach

Scrolling to the new section to zoom

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A full-web approach

Have fun with the table on a small screen

Side scrolling makes the button disappear

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A full-web approach

Continuing to scroll to fill in the table

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A full-web approach

Scroll back to the submit button

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A full-web approach

Done! Maybe.

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93Clicks

Text /NumberFields

Steps

13 minTime

Mobilization

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thousands of sites ...

millions of dollars of VC ...

all say mobilization is important

Add to expense reportSimple mobilization helps

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Example:

Simple mobilization

Standby screen

Full or mobile browser

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Simple mobilization

User name and password entry, with triple-tap

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Simple mobilization

Select an existing report

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Simple mobilization

A summary of the current report...

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Simple mobilization

...with the relevant link at the bottom

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Simple mobilization

Finally adding a new expense

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Simple mobilization

Free-form text entry is difficult

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Simple mobilization

Done!

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Text/Number Fields

Steps

7 minTime

Intelligent design

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Intelligent design

USAA: insurance, banking, investing service

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Intelligent design

USAA: insurance, banking, investing service

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Intelligent design

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only insurance item

highly mobile

Add to expense reportGood designMobile context

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Example:

Intelligent design

Standby screen, full or mobile browser

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Phone ID identifies user

Report is selected automatically

Access keys speed choices

Mobile tasks

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Intelligent design

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Expense entry

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Intelligent design

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Location deduced

Entry fields optimized for mobile

Typical places pre-entered

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Intelligent design

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Done.

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Intelligent design

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Text/Number Fields

Steps

2 minTime

Widgets

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current widgets useful

but still desktop thinking

Beyond button interface

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other input mechanisms important for mobile

Add to expense reportMoving forwardWidgets or local applicationFull device capability exploitation

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Example:

Widgetization

Standby screen widgets

Information customized by time, location

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Widgetization

Glanceable options: scan, templates, notes

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Widgetization

Camera as a scanner

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Widgetization

Machine vision receipt verification

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Widgetization

Done!

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Text/Number

Fields

Steps

1.5 minTime

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Text/ Number Fields

Steps

Full Web Mobilization WidgetizationIntelligent Design

Clicks Time

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Full Web

Mobilization

Intelligent Design

Widgetization

The importance of user experienceEngage your usersReduce support costsReduce employee loadReduce abandoned shopping carts

Support your brand

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November 2008

Mobile 2.0

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