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Josh Clark
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25 Jun 2010 1449381650 978-1449381653 1

So you've got an idea for an iPhone app -- along with everyone else on the planet. Set your app apart with elegant design, efficient usability, and a healthy dose of personality. This accessible, well-written guide shows you how to design exceptional user experiences for the iPhone and iPod Touch through practical principles and a rich collection of visual examples.

Whether you're a designer, programmer, manager, or marketer, Tapworthy teaches you to "think iPhone" and helps you ask the right questions -- and get the right answers -- throughout the design process. You'll explore how considerations of design, psychology, culture, ergonomics, and usability combine to create a tapworthy app. Along the way, you'll get behind-the-scenes insights from the designers of apps like Facebook, USA Today, Twitterrific, and many others.

  • Develop your ideas from initial concept to finished design
  • Build an effortless user experience that rewards every tap
  • Explore the secrets of designing for touch
  • Discover how and why people really use iPhone apps
  • Learn to use iPhone controls the Apple way
  • Create your own personality-packed visuals


Product details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (25 Jun 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1449381650
  • ISBN-13: 978-1449381653
  • Product Dimensions: 15 x 1.4 x 25 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 256,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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About the Author

Josh Clark is a writer, designer, and developer who helps creative people clear technical hassles to share their ideas with the world. As speaker and consultant, he has helped scores of companies build effective websites and mobile apps. When he's not writing or speaking about clever design and humane software, he's building it. Josh is the creator of Big Medium, friendly software that actually makes it fun to manage a website. He's also the author of Best iPhone Apps and iWork '09: The Missing Manual, both published by O'Reilly. Before the rise of the Web, Josh worked on a slew of national PBS programs at WGBH-TV in Boston. He shared his three words of Russian with Mikhail Gorbachev, strolled the ranch with Nancy Reagan, hobnobbed with Rockefellers, and wrote trivia questions for a primetime game show. Now Josh makes words and spins code at his hypertext laboratory globalmoxie.com. He divides his time between Providence, Rhode Island, and Paris, France.


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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing 17 May 2011
Format:Paperback
Had to buy this to find out what I am supposed to do now that I am trying to help with design ... something I have never done before ... and this book is not only informative with everything so well explained and illustrated, but also very intresting. Who would have ever thought that a 64 year old could get interested in something so technichal, especially after being a housewife for over 40 years and barely being able to use a computer!!!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A great all-in-one guide 16 Sep 2010
Format:Paperback
All the important stuff you need to know about designing an iPhone app in one place. Informally written with loads of screenshots given as examples. Several case studies talk in more detail about some popular iPhone apps. Each section covers a different aspect of the app experience.

There's no coding in here, so it's all about user interface and user experience, but that's not a bad thing as there are already plenty of books that cover the programming side of iPhone app development.

If you're starting iPhone development, this book should be read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read 22 April 2013
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Format:Kindle Edition
A worthwhile purchase and easy to read and understand for a beginner. I think this is a good starting point before delving into the more technical aspects of App design.
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