For Mobile design (or really any embedded UI) knowing screen size and resolution is critical. It's the biggest mistake that newbie designers make when working off of the PC. You have to adjust your notions of when fits on screen, how readable text is, and how your design scales if it is cross-platform.
You can "prototype" a certain level of this in Photoshop by setting your specs to the right size and resolution specified by the LCD manufacturer. Or, if you don't have a specific LCD, make some assumptions and find some sample specs online. For behavioral prototypes, it's also critical to integrate physical controls and behaviors, and if possible LCDs. See my previous post about some tools in this area. My advice here is get a good engineer with some amount of electrical engineering skills to help here. Not for the uninitiated. Gretchen -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lukeisha Carr Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:16 PM To: IxDA Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Prototyping for Computer vs. Mobile Screens Hi All, There have been several posts on prototyping tools. For those who design for both computer & mobile screens, what is the best way/tools to prototype based on screen size/resolution? Does the tool you use matter? Or, is it just the design patterns that matter? For example, many times the wireframe/prototype for a web site usually reflects the actual size of the real site. So, is that the same in mobile design? And, if so, what is the best tool or technique to accomplish that? Thanks! ~ Lukeisha ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
