Importance of wire framing For any iPhone apps developer, wire framing is not just a choice but a must. For it is going to define the final look of his iPhone apps on the prestigious iOS. A wire frame is always the quicker and cheaper method to review and implement the structure of the pages. It provides the client who has hired the iPhone application resource and the design team with a clear idea of how the page meets the user needs while satisfying the core business and project objectives. A good wire frame is like a strong bone for a successful iPhone application development product.
Harmonizing Client’s Needs with User’s Needs
The client who has hired the iPhone application development company/team/individual has a set of ideas and intentions in giving his iPhone app or iPhone apps a kind of look and functionality for a list of business reasons. It is the duty of the app development party to understand those set of clients’ needs first before he gets into what the User is going to experience from the iPhone application. In the bone level the needs of the client should be favored, and as your wire framing continues, this bone has to be fleshed deceivingly as if it favors the ease and convenience of the iPhone apps ‘User’. For instance, in the first page of an iPhone app, a certain button is on the right not just because it would be convenient for the user to have it there, but because the placement of that button there improves probability of sales for the client. But it is I projected as if it is placed there to improve the User Experience. But practically, if the wire framing has been nailed perfect, then that placement would also really improve the User Experience. Now be careful, do not lose the quality of User Experience, which might happen easily if you lose balance and fall too much on the client purpose angle.
Main purposes of a wire frame:
a) Functionality
b) Design/Aesthetics
c) A source of preview & avoiding mistakes
Technicalities
a) User Interface
Of course the best way to proceed with wire framing for iPhone application development would be to download and use the iPhone Wire frame UI Kit. And there are a lot of web links which help you with samples and pointers to get the best wire frame for iPhone app development. Make sure the wire frame represents clearly how the resulting iPhone apps would look like and avoid vagueness in your wire frame. Only then your client would be able to aptly judge the user experience.
You would be deciding on: Colors, Icons, Real Dimensions, Fonts etc. Ideally a wire-framing process for iPhone application development takes 2 hours max. There are lot of tools avail as a source to wire frame a technically rich design. Tools like Blasmiq to Azure make you to spend more bucks on it. But I would personally recommend Sketch which is my favorite vector-based tool to build an awesome designs. This helps designers as like me with pixel exactness. And once you are done with your wire-frame, export it to PDF and send it to your client. PDF is always the format that the client loves.
The magic of layout: Learn from Facebook
There was a time when Orkut was coming out with colorful set of themes for its user profiles. It kept on releasing new themes every month and we all thought that this unique theme scheme is going to be inevitable for the future of any social networking site. But then, when Facebook came, it proved us wrong. Facebook hit it hard with just one simple brilliant uniform layout. I mean, it is surprisingly simple, yet works so perfect for the majority. With just white and a curious blue the platform looks lovely and convincing. And of course favors the functionality and user experience to exponential levels. So, it is not about layering the design with complex thinking, but simply viewing it from the user point of view or from a totally different view which would favor the user or look like doing so.
Apple-centric audience’s aesthetics
The long-time loyal customers of iPhone apps could be obviously taken into account along-time customers of Apple products as such. Now what is that factor other than its smooth functionality and processing speed that pulls these audiences to Apple ever since? The aesthetics of its design. Right from the unique font till the drop shadow and bevel effect on its icons, Apple is unbeatable in its design aesthetics. Now for such an audience who always expect improvements in design factor, the iPhone app development also would be expected of that, only at a higher level. You’d be safe if you follow the regular design aesthetics for iPhone application development, but that wouldn’t make a big expression; which means every time in your iPhone apps you need to show an enhancement of design idea.
Wire-framing, though is a minor process in the whole production map, is critical to the final result. Hence it has to be dealt carefully with an eye for detail for the best result in your iPhone app development. All the best!
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Sienna Amelia is a Tech blogger who started to write for Contus – An iPhone Application Development Company and She has passion to write about technology happening around the world, she can share her knowledge and thoughts with everyone. Follow via Author: Sienna Amelia on Google+