Designing Multi-Device Experiences

Designing Multi-Device Experiences: An Ecosystem Approach to User Experiences across Devices

Welcome to our multi-device world, a world where a user’s experience with one application can span many devices—a smartphone, a tablet, a computer, the TV, and beyond. This practical book demonstrates the variety of ways devices relate to each other, combining to create powerful ensembles that deliver superior, integrated experiences to your users.

• Learn a practical framework for designing multi-device experiences, based on the 3Cs—Consistent, Complementary, and Continuous approaches
• Graduate from offering everything on all devices, to delivering the right thing, at the right time, on the best (available) device
• Apply the 3Cs framework to the broader realm of the Internet of Things, and design multi-device experiences that anticipate a fully connected world
• Learn how to measure your multi-device ecosystem performance
• Get ahead of the curve by designing for a more connected future

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. An Ecosystem of Connected Devices
Chapter 2. The Consistent Design Approach
Chapter 3. The Continuous Design Approach
Chapter 4. The Complementary Design Approach
Chapter 5. Integrated Design Approaches
Chapter 6. Beyond the Core Devices
Chapter 7. Multi-Device Analytics
Chapter 8. Transforming Challenges

Appendix A. Companies, Products, and Links
Appendix B. About the Author
Appendix C. Colophon