Meet “Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces”, a new Smashing Book

Meet our shiny new Smashing Book for accessible and usable mobile interfaces, with guidelines, examples and best practices.
It’s here! Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces, our new guide for better 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 for accessible and usable mobile interfaces with design guidelines and best practices for accessible and usable mobile interfaces. 400 pages. For designers and developers working on mobile. Jump to table of contents →

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Jump to the details → Print hardcover + eBook (PDF, ePUB, Kindle).
Free worldwide shipping. 400 pages. Free PDF preview.

About The Book

How do we design for touch in 2022? Mobile and touch are the new default, but there are still many myths, rumors, errors and out-of-date practices on how to design for them. With our shiny new Smashing book, we want to change that. Jump to the details →

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For Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces, we’ve teamed up with Steven Hoober to provide best practices and guidelines on designing for touch. With common UI mistakes, considerations and bulletproof techniques for accessible and usable mobile interfaces — all jam-packed in a 400-pages-book. Check the PDF preview. (14 MB).

A preview of the inner layout.
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Bonus: Each printed book comes with 2 durable touch design templates to help you design usable and efficient mobile interfaces with less guesswork.


Who Is This Book For?

The book is for designers and developers working on mobile interfaces. If you want to design better for mobile, or you need data to back up your decisions, this book is evidence-based, specific, and full of actionable insights. Jump to the table of contents.

You’ll learn:

  • How humans hold and touch mobile devices,
  • Important design considerations for mobile UI patterns,
  • Human behavior, psychology and interaction design,
  • How to resolve issues with visibility and interactivity,
  • How to avoid expensive rage taps and mistaps,
  • How to fix accessibility and usability on mobile.
  • Print shipping worldwide, eBook is available.
  • Download a free PDF sample (14 MB)
  • Get the book right away.

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Get the book Print hardcover + eBook (PDF, ePUB, Kindle).
Free worldwide shipping. 400 pages.

Thank You!

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