The intersection of IPhone and Twitter design

The IPhone and Twitter, the two brightest stars of the era.

One is "forever changed the phone" of the handheld device king, another is founded but 4 years, but become the current network pioneer microblogging services. The two seem to be irrelevant and there are too many differences to enumerate.

But when we change the angle of view, only from the http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/9255.html "> design concept, but we can find a lot of intersection between the two."

Center

The iphone's design system has a clear central--home page. Unlock, into the home page, all the icons neatly arranged on the home page, click on the icon to enter the program, exit the program, return to the page ... The home page is the Heart and foundation of the IPhone's entire design system. So it's no surprise that the only entity button on the IPhone is the home key.

If every handheld device is like a space for you to travel, the center of the IPhone universe is the home page. No matter how big or small the universe is, no matter where you go, click the Home button, OK, you are back to the center of the universe and the starting point, will never let you in many planets lost.

On Twitter, the center of the design system is also very clear, that is Timeline (timeline). All the push times are neatly arranged on the timeline, the Follow of the people and their release of the push are displayed on the timeline at a glance. Whether you're looking at all the tweets, or the responses from others, or letters, the tweets will be presented to you in the form of timelines. You can say that Twitter is a big bang for information and even feels like Twitter spam is rife. But because of the timeline of the organization, so that all the chaotic information presented to you in a well-organized.

Mild

The design of the IPhone is always up to the end. The IPhone's shape is not as soft as the Pre, without the high-profile jaws of HTC hero, without Milestone's rigid body. Just a screen, as Jobs said. Behind the line does not show mediocre also do not show publicity, smooth curve transition. Putting the iphone on the desktop, a modest curve makes the iphone feel like it's off the table, and it's a good fit. Not as high as HTC hero, nor as bricks as n900.

The design of the interface is even more so. Unlike some people's imaginations, the IPhone system interface is not too gorgeous, metallic or black in the top bar, the black main interface, the gray background, the size and shape of the same program icon. Although it is much more ornate than Symbian or WM, the relative Sense UI or WebOS is monotonous regardless of color or form. Moderate design and restraint of color everywhere in the expression: gorgeous is not the IPhone interface keywords, light is.

The lightness of Twitter's design is even more obvious. Many people's first impressions of Twitter are: This site is too shabby. Used to find in the humble, the expression of information is very clear. Twitter's interface is mostly light blue, with the exception of a few buttons, the basic use of gradients and high lighting. The entire website does not have the stereoscopic feeling, the plane feeling is full. Such an interface will not give a person a bright stimulus, but it can make people on her all day is still comfortable.

Feature (characteristic)

Some people think that the iPhone is just a featurephone, not a qualified Smartphone, I don't think so. But the IPhone design feature is really very strong: the first keyboard-free touch screen design, behind the Apple Logo and even that circle of silver metal frame, as well as the interface of the unified box icon, vinyl flow-style music browsing ... All this stark design shows: I am the iphone, the unique iphone. And Apple has also kept light on the Feature, and has not gone too far (towards the odd).

The ultimate effect of these designs is that, in many cases, when you come up with an iphone, everyone knows: Isn't this the iphone? How many mobile phones can be treated like this? This includes, of course, Apple's successful business promotion, but its own product design features are essential. This design makes the iphone different, not "another ...", and in many people's minds, smartphones are 2 kinds, iphones and non-iphones. When the media hype one and another IPhone killer, it is no doubt indirectly to help Apple strengthen this impression. As a result, the iphone became the only iphone, and the other phones were just a general "other phone."

Look at Twitter, too. The light blue main color and logo have already been popular, not to mention the lovely blue bird. 140 words of the word limit, the famous "What are you doing?" "And now," Share and discover what's happening right nowadays, anywhere in the world. "The Great white whale is so characteristic even when the server is on. All this has succeeded in creating a lively, lovable and distinctive image for Twitter.

Whenever I see the Blue Bird, hear "What are you doing" this phrase, will involuntarily think of Twitter. Compared to the dark blue tones, the facebook,twitter is undoubtedly more dynamic and characteristic. Twitter has always been unique and only Twitter, even with the advent of many microblogging services.

The intersection of design ideas

As the beginning says, there are too many differences between the iPhone and Twitter, and there seems to be no comparability at all. But standing in the design concept, the two hidden intersection appears.

The same center clear design system, the same light and restraint, the same attention to the characteristics of the design. With similar design ideas, it is not surprising that the IPhone and Twitter encounters are so iphone on the various Twitter clients.

Is it true that excellent design, really a total output born of similar philosophies?

Source: http://www.ifanr.com/8235