Mobile Interaction

When conducting research into current mobile devices i discovered that there is a complete array of different ways to interact with a device. The way that you interact with such a small devices is far more important than in design of applications for desktop computers. This is because as yet there are no equal equivalents to the keyboard and mouse. The user will be using the device in a variety of positions so therefore the interactive elements needs to complement this, whereas a desktop computer users stays in a static seated position.

The examples below show a range of ways to interact with a device, such as: one-handed menu interaction, clickable scroll wheel, mini joystick and touchpad.