Multiscreen UX Design

Developing for a Multitude of Devices

1st Edition - December 8, 2015

Author: Wolfram Nagel

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People today use technology on different devices in different locations. Users expect to access information on all relevant screens and across multiple channels through smartphones, tablets, laptops/desktops, smart (internet-connected) TVs, and other devices, such as smartwatches for example. Multiscreen is no longer a nice add-on, it’s a requirement. In this environment, user experience needs to cater to multiple devices.

This book provides a holistic approach that will help UX professionals to offer a hands-on guide for UX design across multiple screens. It presents an opportunity to learn how to cater designs for customers. Readers will find patterns, strategies, examples and case studies, methodologies, and insights to help inspire them to develop a viable strategy for their own digital products and services. UX professionals will walk through important elements of multiscreen UX:

Investigating the devices and their capabilities

Understanding the users and their capabilities

Considering the context in which users use these devices

Navigating next generation information experiences and the future of content management

Designing content and UI architecture for multiscreen projects

Foreword
Guest Commentary from the Publisher of the German book
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
- Abstract
- 1.1 Multiscreen
- 1.2 Important Terms
- 1.3 The Book and its Usage
- 1.4 Orientation AIDS and Central Themes
Chapter 2. Four Screens
- Abstract
- 2.1 Overview
- 2.2 Categorization of Devices
- 2.3 Device Classes
- 2.4 Device Differences
- 2.5 Device Prototypes
- 2.6 Multiscreen Ecosystems
- 2.7 Conclusion and Tips
Chapter 3. Users and Their Typification
- Abstract
- 3.1 Understanding Users
- 3.2 Daily Routine
- 3.3 Motives and Needs
- 3.4 Typification and Segmentation
- 3.5 User Prototypes
- 3.6 Conclusion and Tips
Chapter 4. Context of Use
- Abstract
- 4.1 The Context of Use
- 4.2 Parameters of the Context of Use
- 4.3 Context Relevance
- 4.4 The Mobile Context of Use
- 4.5 Context Prototypes
- 4.6 Conclusion and Tips
Chapter 5. Strategies and Examples
- Abstract
- Overview
- 5.1 Mobile First
- 5.2 Simultaneity
- 5.3 Social TV
- 5.4 Device Shifting
- 5.5 Complementarity
- 5.6 Synchronization
- 5.7 Screen sharing
- 5.8 Coherence
- 5.9 Fluidity
- 5.10 Smart Content
- 5.11 Mashability
- 5.12 Communification
- 5.13 Gamification
- 5.14 Storyfication
- 5.15 Emotionality
- 5.16 Microjoyment
- 5.17 Hybrid media
- 5.18 Technical challenges
- 5.19 Legal Issues
- 5.20 Conclusion and Tips
Chapter 6. Next-Generation Information Experience and the Future of Content (Management): Challenges and Trends of Tomorrow
- Abstract
- 6.1 Jumping-Off Point
- 6.2 Innovative Concepts and Trends
- 6.3 The Future of Content Management (Systems)
- 6.4 New Requirements from Authors and Editors
- 6.5 Editor- and Content-Centered Process
- 6.6 Conclusion and Tips
Chapter 7. Content Design and User Interface Architecture for Multiscreen Projects: Methods and Rules for the Conception, Design, and Implementation of Layout, Contents, and Workflows in the Building Block Principle
- Abstract
- 7.1 A Crucial Shift for Content (Striking New Paths)
- 7.2 Building Block Principle
- 7.3 Processes and Tools
Chapter 8. Conclusion and Outlook
- Abstract
- 8.1 Summary
- 8.2 Multiscreen and Beyond
- 8.3 The Future of Content Creation and User Interfaces
Chapter 9. Appendix
- Abstract
- 9.1 Persons in this Book
- 9.2 About the Author
- 9.3 References and Sources
- 9.3.1 Image Credits
- Device Illustrations
- Remaining Illustrations
Index