1. ➶ Springboard-Like UIs on the iPhone

    A quote, courtesy of Buzz Andersen:

    “Amazed how many apps borrow the [Facebook] iPhone app’s home screen design. Many of them should probably just use a tab bar, perhaps even Facebook.”

    — Joe Hewitt, creator of the Facebook iPhone app (via TechCrunch)

    This is one of my least-favourite design patterns on iOS - easily beating the whole ‘tab-bar with central call-to-action’ pattern in all-time loathing. Why? It’s pretty simple actually.

    1. You tap-and-hold to start the customisation.
    2. You drag the icons around.
    3. You instinctively hit the Home button to finish your edits.
    4. This quits the application.

    I consider myself a fairly well-versed iOS user, and I still find myself doing this every single time.

    Posted on Monday July 25th, 2011