The most noteworthy mobile end app design trend in the 2016

Regardless of what is going on between mobile web pages and apps, the rapid development of mobile apps is an indisputable fact that the development and access of various clients has become the norm. Users for their favorite brands and services, always expect the official to launch the client, it is in this expectation and demand, the emergence of more and more apps.

In fact, research by app Analytics shows that users spend an average of 158 minutes a day on their phones and tablets, 127 minutes in a variety of apps, and just 31 minutes on the web. And don't delve into whether the numbers apply to different countries or regions, but the overall trend is well understood. Users are increasingly demanding, and if developers and vendors cannot provide users with better apps, user churn is inevitable.

From smartphones to tablets and even related smart devices, we can clearly see the rapid growth in functionality, design, and potential of apps involved. The user side, in addition to the user experience requirements, but also need the app to provide enough influence, enhance the concern, let users gradually into the real sense of "consumers."

So, summing up some predictable design trends is of extraordinary significance for app product designers. So let's take a look at some of the app design trends that are worth watching over the past 2016 years.

　Focus on the user experience

While the growth of wearable equipment has slowed for a while, it is still firmly on the move. Data show that every 10 users of smartphones in the world have a wearable device. The rapid expansion of mobile devices makes the user experience more and more demanding, one of the most important needs is to have a "personalized user experience." User Experience Designer The growth of this position is predictable, and the user experience may even become an independent business, even differentiated from product design, development, marketing, UI designers and other related positions, become a completely independent career direction.

It is this kind of demand and recognition that makes a considerable number of app designers and developers choose to focus on fewer, more critical features and provide frequent updates to provide a growing, step-by-step user experience. It is in this context that the real experience of excellent application of advertising and unique and efficient navigation mode began to appear.

In addition, designer Rehanna Kumari said in her blog that security issues remain one of the major challenges for designers and developers at the moment. So, in 2016 years, designers and developers will have to deal with security issues and intruders while dealing with the user experience.

　Using fuzzy backgrounds

Fuzzy backgrounds have been a great choice for many web designers over the past year. This is not a particularly refreshing web design technique, but Twitter has been driven by a growing number of apps in the design.

The fuzzy background is in line with the popular flat and modern design, it is pleasing to the eye and can be well matched with the popular elements such as ghost buttons to enhance the user experience. From a design point of view, it is not only easy to implement, to help avoid complex design, but also to reduce the cost of design.

　Simple navigation mode

Mobileshoppingapps.net has done a survey, the results show that users prefer a simple navigation mode. Clear typography, a clean interface, and a pleasing app design are the most popular and desirable things for users at the moment. Compared to gorgeous and fancy menu design, simple down menu and sidebar will be more consistent with the trend.

In fact, this is not unreasonable. With more and more sophisticated apps, users are increasingly learning about new apps (if you've ever watched the way our parents used apps, you'll understand how real and shameful "learning to use apps" is), Simple navigation design is intuitive and convenient to make it easier for users to find what they need. So the simple navigation mode is more smooth, smooth, easy and friendly.

　　The Magic of infinite Scrolling

For mobile end app design, this prediction is actually very bold. But considering the current popular color, large graphics and refreshing modern font design elements, designers will gradually favor this design method. It is worth noting, however, that if a user cannot navigate from one page to another, it may be annoying to spend too much time. This may be the infinite scrolling page design "scrolling" itself simple to bring users the drawbacks of the attraction.

　　Bold and eye-catching use of fonts

Every app is trying to compete for the attention of the user, and bold and eye-catching font usage fits that demand. In the current market situation, large-screen mobile phones and tablet is the mainstream, which is very important to use the background. Large fonts on the mobile end of the app, will give the interface to the level, improve the visual weight of specific elements, so that users can not forget. The font is big enough, elegant enough, unique enough to fit, it will improve the quality of the page, features, and this is the mobile end of the app design another important opportunity.

　　More simple color Matching

Minimalist beauty is the most popular design idea in recent years. and a simpler color scheme is also fitting this idea. As the neon-colored influence of the new iOS system has faded, today's users are more comfortable with subtle and textured colors, and neatness and cleanliness are overwhelming the gorgeous and flamboyant color trends.

　Situational perception of the user interface

If you think your interface design lacks power, why not make it smarter? Bigspaceship.com is the concept of situational perception: situational awareness is the situation and condition that allows the app to identify the app that the user is using, and to influence the user based on that information. The app, which has situational awareness, can identify the current situation based on current background information, such as the user's location, identity, activity, and time, and give reasonable feedback. When you open a map service at lunch time, you do not need to search, it will provide you with the current location information and the surrounding food services. With the development of app design and market demand, situational perception will become a continuous and prosperous development direction.

　The regression of quasi-materialization

From Microsoft to Apple, Google in the direction of the materialization of the farther away, the proposed physical and chemical design seems to have become obsolete synonymous. But flattened 2.0 began to introduce many of the elements to be materialized, making the difference between the two now less obvious. In the Material design, the metaphor of "paper" is fundamentally moving closer to the physical. In the future, we will be in more places to see the design of physical and chemical, whether it is never outdated retro wind, or mobile end of the app design for the details, texture needs to start again exuberant, the materialization is indeed a modest and timely gradual return.

　The addition of social media

Frequent shoppers are very aware of the important impact of user reviews on the user's buying intentions, and a product that has been in the post of Big V Amway on Weibo may have great benefits for a particular business, which is undoubtedly the influence of social media. I think there's no need to dwell on the huge impact that the deep integration of social media and apps can bring. The integration of social media and apps is constantly advancing, both in China and outside China.

　　Sustainable development of wearable equipment

The popularity of wearable equipment seems to have slowed, but manufacturers are still firmly in this direction, the product began to break down, and market segments are more and more users. In fact, wearable devices corresponding to the mobile end of the app also more and more functional, service is also more and more complete, for designers and vendors, this is not miss "the Next big Thing."

　The rise of interactive design

Another manifestation of the mobile end app's emphasis on user needs is the emphasis on interactive design. More and more users are beginning to attach importance to the interactive design of the product itself, so as designers and developers naturally have the obligation to provide better interactive design, more powerful visual design, more creative architecture.

Conclusion

Just how many trends are emerging, and how many are starting to fade, may only come to a conclusion next year, but the general direction of design will not deviate too far.