Touch Screen in Perspective Of UX

The formulation of Windows 8 operating system has experienced changes on an enormous level, especially in backdrop of touch screen machines. This was, further, necessitated by the relentless introduction of touch screen functionality devices by Microsoft’s arch rival Apple. In addition to this rival notion, there were other factors that made the giant to accommodate the Touch Screen notion in its operating system. To enumerate, these are raising trend of internet surfing by the medium of hand held devices, without thinking of a pointing device and a keyboard. The following lines will view the changes that were made in the websites to work even better with gamut of Touch Screen devices.

Focused websites versus responsive

To take into consideration such user many stake holders have come out with either subsidiary website or application to actualize smooth sailing. But in former case the redirection is to be embedded that has potential for going astray, or poor redirection. But worse fact is that mobile version does not bear that degree of information destined for desktop user. The solution seems to lies in responsive design.

Chief design differences

In the category of Touch Screen devices one has to wipe up, on the contrary in desktop one has to move downwards the mouse wheel. Apple has attempted to fix the flaw by provision of trackpads. On the others hand, it demands bigger sized buttons for the sack of exact tapping though it does not offer substitute for hovering to know where a link leads to, ascertaining what is clickable or even what does a particular word mean. The ratio of accuracy is another haunting notion couple with dissimilar size of screen and resolutions.

Screen orientation and aspect ratio

The notion of standardize screen resolution and vertical movement has been fraught with the fact of multiple resolutions that even involves or going to involves a screen fitted on a wrist watch.  The ability of rotation in mobile telephones, resulting in either landscape of portrait property of the image, has added another fatigue requiring dimension. The solution calls for a fluid layout that can hammer itself according to the screen resolution. There are some websites that reshapes its all content according to the devices so that user can have as much as possible in command in order to benefit from a particular website. 

The Apple has tackled the issue of vertical scrolling with touch scrolling. This notion resembles that of dragging page notwithstanding the act of scrolling. The answer to horizontal scrolling is being mulled over. So far, only Kindle has come with the most practical solution by dawning the idea of putting into effect into one’s web UI. Prima facie, the horizontal scrolling appears relative of vertical scrolling with the spectacles of design. However, one get an altogether dissimilar result when looked at with the eyeglass of usage. The other issue that implants gravity is user inclination towards the static x-axis. In short, a web page bearing dual axis seem to cry for the moon, at least at the moment.

This piece of writing has two parts; the second part can found by, “Touch Screen Calls for Changes In Ux”.

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I am Hansen Martin working in SpiralClick  – a web based development company offering services like Corporate Identity Design, Interface Design, Software Development, Business Intelligence ,web design solutions, Mobile applications development, logo design.

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