New Smashing Book: “Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces”

Meet “Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces”, our brand-new guide on designing for mobile. Written by Steven Hoober.
Design for the way people really use their mobile devices. Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces View in the browser 💨

Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces by Steven Hoober

Dear Friends,

Meet “Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces”, our brand-new Smashing Book on designing for mobile with proven, universal, human-centric guidelines. 400 pages, jam-packed with in-depth user research and guidelines you can apply immediately. Shipping starts early January 2022. Jump to the details →

Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces cover

$35 $44

Jump to the details → Everything about touch and designing for mobile.
Print shipping in early January.

About The Book

Mobile and touch are universal these days, but there is a lot of myths, bias, and out-of-date information on how touchscreens are used. Our shiny new book Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces is here to change that. Jump to the details →

The 400 pages explain actual usability research on hardware, people, interactions, and environments. Steven Hoober has studied it all: how people really touch and hold phones and tablets. Steven have seein it over 20 years of designing products for mobile phones, tablets, kiosks, and computers. Check the PDF preview. (3MB).

The illustration for the book, on a green background, with a Smashing Cat peeking behind the book.
A preview of the inner layout.
Meet “Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces” with everything you need to know to design better mobile products. Written by Steven Hoober.

You’ll learn:

  • How touch intersects with human behavior and impacts your design work.
  • How people actually hold and touch.
  • How your designs can take into account the ways people adapt their touch to perform different actions.
  • How to overcome problems of visibility and interactivity.
  • How to avoid catastrophes with rage taps.
  • How to consider likely problems when planning the design of your app or website.
  • How to design UIs that attract the eye, afford action, and inspire confidence.
  • How to create well-organized, usable templates for touchscreen design.
  • The pros and cons of some of the most important page design elements (e.g., menus, lists, floating bars, tabs).

A lovely thank-you note from the Smashing Cat, peeking behind the book.

Get the book PDF, ePUB, Kindle available.
Print shipping in early January. Get the book.

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