{"id":3779,"date":"2013-12-28T10:45:11","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=3779"},"modified":"2014-08-10T15:06:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T21:06:31","slug":"design-principles-android-developers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/12\/28\/design-principles-android-developers\/","title":{"rendered":"Design Principles | Android Developers"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.android.com\/design\/get-started\/principles.html\"><img src='http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/principles_delight.png' alt='' \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/developer.android.com\/design\/get-started\/principles.html\">Design Principles | Android Developers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Enchant Me<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Delight me in surprising ways<\/li>\n<li>Real objects are more fun than buttons and menus<\/li>\n<li>Let me make it mine<\/li>\n<li>Get to know me<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Simplify My Life<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep it brief<\/li>\n<li>Pictures are faster than words<\/li>\n<li>Decide for me but let me have the final say<\/li>\n<li>Only show what I need when I need it<\/li>\n<li>I should always know where I am<\/li>\n<li>Never lose my stuff<\/li>\n<li>If it looks the same, it should act the same<\/li>\n<li>Only interrupt me if it&#8217;s important<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Make Me Amazing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Give me tricks that work everywhere<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not my fault<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle encouragement<\/li>\n<li>Do the heavy lifting for me<\/li>\n<li>Make important things fast<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-3779'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3779);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(3779);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(3779);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; Design Principles | Android Developers. Enchant Me Delight me in surprising ways Real objects are more fun than buttons and menus Let me make it mine Get to know me Simplify My Life Keep it brief Pictures are faster &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/12\/28\/design-principles-android-developers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-3779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-design"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-YX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3272,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/01\/26\/where-ive-been-online-to-jan-26-2013\/","url_meta":{"origin":3779,"position":0},"title":"Where I&#8217;ve Been Online (to Jan. 26 2013)","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"January 26, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"SCVNGR's Secret Game Mechanics Playdeck | TechCrunch Guide To This Document: This list is a collection of game dynamics terms, game dynamics theories that are interesting, useful and potentially applicable to your work here at SCVNGR. 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