Multiscreen UX design : developing for a multitude of devices

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 * A hands-on, practical guide to UX design for how users approach content – across more than one screen at a time * Discusses devices, users, and their practices * Includes best practices, real-world examples, and tips and tricks * A preface written by Scott Jenson

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

• A hands-on, practical guide to UX design for how users approach content – across more than one screen at a time
• Discusses devices, users, and their practices
• Includes best practices, real-world examples, and tips and tricks
• A preface written by Scott Jenson

Content: Front-matter,Copyright,Foreword,Guest Commentary from the Publisher of the German book,Preface,AcknowledgmentsEntitled to full textChapter 1 - Introduction, Pages 1-10 Chapter 2 - Four Screens, Pages 11-37 Chapter 3 - Users and Their Typification, Pages 39-73 Chapter 4 - Context of Use, Pages 75-100 Chapter 5 - Strategies and Examples, Pages 101-225, 227 Chapter 6 - Next-Generation Information Experience and the Future of Content (Management): Challenges and Trends of Tomorrow, Pages 229-246 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, Pages 247-268 Chapter 8 - Conclusion and Outlook, Pages 269-275 Chapter 9 - Appendix, Pages 277-304 Index, Pages 305-315 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. Topics include: 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. -- Edited summary from book