Some wise tips on “Designing Mobile Widgets” by Rajesh Lal, Senior Engineer, Nokia shared at 2009 Maemo Summit.

Growing pervasiveness of mobile widgets has created every mobile app designers a challenging role to play within a limited space. Only 1 percent of Mobile Widgets are successful.

What makes some widgets thrive and used by millions, and others with equal functionality bite the dust ?

Rajesh demystified the ‘invisible’ layer below the surface with 10 pragmatic tips, which covered some of the most useful and often ignored standard design principals and the tip & trick to apply them in mobile context.

The Ten Tips are :

1. Design for a MobileUser
2. Know Widget
3. Target Specific Set of Users
4. Play Nice
5. Utilize Device Potential
6. Focus on One Functionality
7. Simplify Features
8. Grab the User
9. Add Social
10. Make it Fun

Have a look at the Audio Visual Presentation.

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