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mobiles:
Plain
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mobile
world
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Neil James!
Plain English Foundation!
Sydney, NSW, Australia!
Janice (Ginny) Redish!
Redish & Associates, Inc.!
Bethesda, MD, USA!
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2. Topics forfor the session!
our session!
Topics
1. Setting the context!
2. Understanding mobile growth!
3. Critiquing an example!
4. Developing guidelines!
3. 1. Setting the context!
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4. What do you use?!
How many of these did you use 5 years ago?
5. Share a small screen story!
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7. Some killer facts
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1. Growth of mobile devices!
2. Mobile Internet use!
3. The mobile context!
4. Mobile user experience!
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8. 1. The growth of devices
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Worldwide shipment by unit!
Device type
(000s)
2012
2013
2014
PC
341,273
305,178
289,239
Ultramobile
9,787
20,301
39,824
Tablet
120,203
201,825
276,178
Mobile phone
1,746,177
1,821,193
1,901,188
Totals
2,217,440
2,348,497
2,506,429
Source: www.gartner.com, June 2013
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9. Mobiles in 2013
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6.8 billion mobiles for 7.1 billion people!
In 2013, mobile
cellular subscriptions
are almost equal to
the number of people
on earth.!
Source: International Telecommunications Union
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10. 2. Mobile Internet use
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• In 2013, around half of mobile users
go online via mobile !
• By 2014, mobiles overtake PC net use !
• By 2017, the mobile web will use 3
times today’s entire Internet data, and
mobile data traffic will rise 13-fold!
• In 10 years, 2-3 billion people will
come online globally through mobile!
Sources: Karen McGrane, Pew Research, Cisco, McKinsey
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12. How do you use mobiles?
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13. 3. The mobile context
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• 80%+ use a
mobile while
watching the
television!
• 90% start task on one device and finish
on another (browse phone/ buy tablet)!
• 44% look at mobile first and last thing!
• 36% shoppers use mobiles to compare
prices while in a store!
Sources: Karen McGrane, Google, MS Tag, Qualcomm
14. 3. The mobile context
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Sources: McGrane, Google, Yahoo, Comscore, MS Tag
15. User priorities
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• Find mobile friendly
sites!
• Move seamlessly
between devices!
• Reach goals with
minimum clicks!
• Choose between
mobile, full site or app !
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16. Common user tasks
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• Access social
networks!
• Find local services
and information!
• Manage personal
information!
• Play games!
• Watch video content!
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17. 4. Mobile user experience
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• 44% Fortune 100 have no mobile site!
• 96% used a site not mobile ready!
• 14% consumers happy with mobile
experience!
• 67% more likely to purchase from
mobile friendly site and 74% return!
• 79% will go elsewhere from a poor site!
Sources: Karen McGrane, searchengineland, hubspot, Google
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18. A yawning gap…
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21. Think before you write!
or review
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ü Why? (Purposes)
ü Who? (Personas)
ü What? (Conversations)
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23. Walk typical personas!
through their conversations
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and do it on a mobile, too!!
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25. Areas to consider
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1. Audience!
2. Physical context!
3. Channels!
4. Navigation!
5. Page structure!
6. Design!
7. Expression!
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26. Some basic guidelines
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1. Build everything for user needs!
2. Consider the physical context!
3. Select the best channels!
4. Simplify the navigation!
5. Prioritise the content on every page!
6. Design for small screens!
7. Cut every word you can!
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27. Some basic guidelines
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1. Build everything for user needs!
2. Consider the physical context!
3. Select the best channels!
4. Simplify the navigation!
5. Prioritise the content on every page!
6. Design for small screens!
7. Cut every word you can!
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30. Some basic guidelines
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1. Build everything for user needs!
2. Consider the physical context!
3. Select the best channels!
4. Simplify the navigation!
5. Prioritise the content on every page!
6. Design for small screens!
7. Cut every word you can!
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35. Some basic guidelines
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1. Build everything for user needs!
2. Consider the physical context!
3. Select the best channels!
4. Simplify the navigation!
5. Prioritise the content on every page!
6. Design for small screens!
7. Cut every word you can!
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38. 1. Audience
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40. Some basic guidelines
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1. Build everything for user needs!
2. Consider the physical context!
3. Select the best channels!
4. Simplify the navigation!
5. Prioritise the content on every page!
6. Design for small screens!
7. Cut every word you can!
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44. Some basic guidelines
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1. Build everything for user needs!
2. Consider the physical context!
3. Select the best channels!
4. Simplify the navigation!
5. Prioritise the content on every page!
6. Design for small screens!
7. Cut every word you can!
50. Some basic guidelines
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1. Build everything for user needs!
2. Consider the physical context!
3. Select the best channels!
4. Simplify the navigation!
5. Prioritise the content on every page!
6. Design for small screens!
7. Cut every word you can!
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55. Some basic guidelines
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1. Build everything for user needs!
2. Consider the physical context!
3. Select the best channels!
4. Simplify the navigation!
5. Prioritise the content on every page!
6. Design for small screens!
7. Cut every word you can!
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58. Some basic guidelines
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1. Build everything for user needs!
2. Consider the physical context!
3. Select the best channels!
4. Simplify the navigation!
5. Prioritise the content on every page!
6. Design for small screens!
7. Cut every word you can!
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59. Thank you!
More
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Write
to
us:
neil.james@plainenglishfounda%on.com
ginny@redish.net
Neil James
www.plainenglishfoundation.com
www.facebook.com/
plainenglishfoundation
@drplainenglish
Allen and
Unwin, 2007
Scribe, 2011
Ginny Redish
www.redish.net
Ginny Redish
@GinnyRedish
Morgan Kaufmann /
Elsevier
2nd edition, 2012
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non-commercial use. Material must not
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