I have noticed more and more mobile apps are removing their home screen, especially iOS apps. What do you think of this? Personally I think sometimes an app's home screen is redundant, just a pretty page.
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closed as not constructive by ChrisF, Benny Skogberg, dhmholley, Ben Brocka♦ Oct 25 '12 at 19:14
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I think you are referring to the Dashboard, its dead. Now the guidelines have became:`
There are still some apps like Google Play that shows some type of Dashboard, however, they have content too instead of just links. there's a good write up about it here: http://www.scottlogic.co.uk/2012/09/is-the-dashboard-pattern-dead-2/ |
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If you are referring to splashscreens (and not dashboards) the short answer is: Get rid of them! As Phuah Yee Keat wrote in the answer regarding Dashboards users want to access the content and tasks of your app as quickly as possible. So showing them a fancy screen prior to that is simply distracting. It's also an unneccessary hurdle to getting the quick result users expect from apps. |
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