Comments on: 31 Flavors – Designing for iPhone, Android and Blackberry Platforms http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/ Musings on design matters, technology and culture. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:05:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: felix http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-398 felix Wed, 12 May 2010 18:39:11 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-398 Huge list of Android GUI resources here: http://speckyboy.com/2010/05/10/android-app-developers-gui-kits-icons-fonts-and-tools/ Huge list of Android GUI resources here: http://speckyboy.com/2010/05/10/android-app-developers-gui-kits-icons-fonts-and-tools/

]]> By: Inge Kuijper http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Inge Kuijper Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:28:02 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-171 Hi Daniel, Thanks for that post! I agree the design guidelines for Android aren't very helpful. Guidelines for developers and UX / Visual designers could better be separated. And it would be great if a toolkit would be made for designers to work with. So far I have found a stencil for Visio http://www.artfulbits.com/Android/Stencil.aspx And one for Omnigraffle http://graffletopia.com/stencils/498 But am still looking for a Fireworks version. If we find the time to make one for ourselves we will let you know! Regards Inge UNITiD www.unitid.nl Hi Daniel,

Thanks for that post!

I agree the design guidelines for Android aren’t very helpful. Guidelines for developers and UX / Visual designers could better be separated. And it would be great if a toolkit would be made for designers to work with.

So far I have found a stencil for Visio
http://www.artfulbits.com/Android/Stencil.aspx

And one for Omnigraffle
http://graffletopia.com/stencils/498

But am still looking for a Fireworks version. If we find the time to make one for ourselves we will let you know!

Regards
Inge

UNITiD
http://www.unitid.nl

]]> By: JoJo Jonboy http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-170 JoJo Jonboy Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:00:45 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-170 Hey I i saw the post Very well presented In fact I have been searching for this for months danielmckenzie.com is definitely on my bookmarksnow. Great effort congratulations! John Hey
I i saw the post
Very well presented
In fact I have been searching for this for months
danielmckenzie.com is definitely on my bookmarksnow.
Great effort congratulations!
John

]]> By: Harmoni ∞ http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Harmoni ∞ Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:41:45 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-107 thanx for a great article and resource links...wish I had the time to whip up a vector or .psd file with the android elements...Maybe someone already did this as with the iphone kits?! Kind Regards, Mike Harmoni ∞ thanx for a great article and resource links…wish I had the time to whip up a vector or .psd file with the android elements…Maybe someone already did this as with the iphone kits?!

Kind Regards,
Mike
Harmoni ∞

]]> By: Party Like It's 1999 - Why Mobile is the New Internet | Studio Notes - Musings on design matters, technology and culture http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Party Like It's 1999 - Why Mobile is the New Internet | Studio Notes - Musings on design matters, technology and culture Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:06:28 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-85 [...] more about this topic and why “one size doesn’t fit all”, please view my previous blog post: 31 Flavors - Designing for iPhone, Android and Blackberry Platforms). While the iPhone seems to be leading the pack in regard to app usage, you cannot ignore [...] [...] more about this topic and why “one size doesn’t fit all”, please view my previous blog post: 31 Flavors – Designing for iPhone, Android and Blackberry Platforms). While the iPhone seems to be leading the pack in regard to app usage, you cannot ignore [...]

]]> By: iphone Apps Useful or Not? You make the call. « Interactive Space http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-81 iphone Apps Useful or Not? You make the call. « Interactive Space Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:02:47 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-81 [...] to learn more about Iphone Apps? If you answer yes, you should check out this great article by Daniel McKenzie who’s Co-Founder and Design Director for Nuikea Mobile [...] [...] to learn more about Iphone Apps? If you answer yes, you should check out this great article by Daniel McKenzie who’s Co-Founder and Design Director for Nuikea Mobile [...]

]]> By: Iphone Apps Useful or Not? You make the call. | Pass the Wind http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Iphone Apps Useful or Not? You make the call. | Pass the Wind Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:45:54 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-80 [...] 31 Flavors-Designing for Iphone Android and Blackberry Platforms swfobject.embedSWF("http://www.youtube.com/v/Ojw8I1CFu-w&color1=0x415F0C&color2=0x6CA800&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0", "vvq-87-youtube-1", "425", "344", "9", vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes); [...] [...] 31 Flavors-Designing for Iphone Android and Blackberry Platforms swfobject.embedSWF(”http://www.youtube.com/v/Ojw8I1CFu-w&color1=0×415F0C&color2=0×6CA800&rel=0&fs=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=0″, “vvq-87-youtube-1″, “425″, “344″, “9″, vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes); [...]

]]> By: Raghu http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Raghu Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:37:57 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-66 Excellent post. Given our experience in working on almost all mobile platforms, I agree with your sentiments. What we have done at Endeavour is to really educate our customers on what device strengths they can utilize without taking away the strength of the application in one particulat platform. We have had issues with audio streaming and other issues which behave differently way more than the user experience. Appreciate your blog. Regards, Raghu www.twitter.com/TechEndeavour www.techendeavour.com Excellent post. Given our experience in working on almost all mobile platforms, I agree with your sentiments. What we have done at Endeavour is to really educate our customers on what device strengths they can utilize without taking away the strength of the application in one particulat platform. We have had issues with audio streaming and other issues which behave differently way more than the user experience.

Appreciate your blog.

Regards,
Raghu
http://www.twitter.com/TechEndeavour
http://www.techendeavour.com

]]> By: Hugo Trepanier http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Hugo Trepanier Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:03:21 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-63 Very insightful read. Have you considered the additional amount of work required to support all mobile platforms? We typically deploy most of our products on several hundred devices, including all sorts of cell phones, iPhone and others. Our framework allows for switches to account for various levels of performance, screen resolutions, supported features, etc. Designers and artists create flows and art resources that match every possibility. I won't detail the entire process but that implies a lot of work and a huuuuge database! I will say, in short however, that we generally consider iPhone titles to be their own category, as we also would a game on Nintendo DS for instance. While I currently have no experience with Android development, I believe we'll have to account for huge differences in the same way. Nevertheless, we try to re-use as many art assets and features as possible to speed up development. It's always interesting to understand how others perceive and perform. Cheers! -Hugo Very insightful read.

Have you considered the additional amount of work required to support all mobile platforms? We typically deploy most of our products on several hundred devices, including all sorts of cell phones, iPhone and others. Our framework allows for switches to account for various levels of performance, screen resolutions, supported features, etc. Designers and artists create flows and art resources that match every possibility. I won’t detail the entire process but that implies a lot of work and a huuuuge database!

I will say, in short however, that we generally consider iPhone titles to be their own category, as we also would a game on Nintendo DS for instance. While I currently have no experience with Android development, I believe we’ll have to account for huge differences in the same way. Nevertheless, we try to re-use as many art assets and features as possible to speed up development.

It’s always interesting to understand how others perceive and perform. Cheers!

-Hugo

]]> By: Rick le Roy http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/2009/07/31-flavors-designing-for-iphone-android-and-blackberry-platforms/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Rick le Roy Thu, 09 Jul 2009 09:22:28 +0000 http://danielmckenzie.com/blog/?p=86#comment-62 Nice read Daniel! Still - based on your research - what would you recommend for clients with a small budget - we are in the Netherlands ;-). Is it wise to start and test for the iPhone to see what happens. Or go for the Android first? Or else? You might also appreciate this article on prototyping (simple mock up) for the iPhone using FireWorks from my collegue Matthijs Collard: http://unitid.nl/2009/04/prototyping-for-the-iphone-using-fireworks-cs3/ - Regards, Rick le Roy Nice read Daniel!

Still – based on your research – what would you recommend for clients with a small budget – we are in the Netherlands ;-) . Is it wise to start and test for the iPhone to see what happens. Or go for the Android first? Or else?

You might also appreciate this article on prototyping (simple mock up) for the iPhone using FireWorks from my collegue Matthijs Collard:

http://unitid.nl/2009/04/prototyping-for-the-iphone-using-fireworks-cs3/

- Regards, Rick le Roy

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