The Blind Shooting The Blind ∵ Stephen van Egmond’s weblog
If you make inaccessible iOS apps, you really only have yourself to blame.
There are also some handy tips here for getting to know VoiceOver.
An emotionally affecting endorsement of the accessibility features on the iPhone.
If you make inaccessible iOS apps, you really only have yourself to blame.
There are also some handy tips here for getting to know VoiceOver.
Adam Greenfield is spot-on here, dismantling Apple's "imitate real world objects" design guideline for iPhone and iPad apps.
David Pogue gets down and dirty with the iPhone. The good: "It feels amazing in your hand." The bad: "Typing is difficult."
Here’s one simple, practical way to make apps perform better on mobile devices: always configure HTML input fields with the correct
type
,inputmode
, andautocomplete
attributes. While these three attributes are often discussed in isolation, they make the most sense in the context of mobile user experience when you think of them as a team.
This is an excellent deep dive with great advice:
You may think that you are familiar with the basic
autocomplete
options, such as those that help the user fill in credit card numbers or address form fields, but I’d urge you to review them to make sure that you are aware of all of the options. The spec lists over 50 values!
Cargo cultism is not a strategy:
Apple and Google get it wrong just as often as the rest of us.