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> I learned my lessons and made the fonts bigger. Designs do not look so nice (at-least to me and my team) but they loved my work. That sent me down a nostalg
by Snitch-Thursday 6y ago
> I learned my lessons and made the fonts bigger. Designs do not look so nice (at-least to me and my team) but they loved my work.
That sent me down a nostalgia trail to this[1] book which has similar advice for Pocket PC developers. Drag the buttons and other form controls onto your program, then at least double their size, to make them go from stylus-required to semi-finger-friendly. Implement some custom code to drag empty screen to scroll, avoid the SIP where possible, wow, lots of memories making UX better for mobile users in the pre-always-connected-mobile-device days.
We're still here working, even if the form factor has retreated to serving delivery drivers and warehouse workers more than the general public. Pocket PCs / Windows Mobile 6.5+ embedded devices are a (often barcode-scanner-enabled) tool to get work done, data input, or data referenced in the field, with no VPN or internet access in several cases.
[1] https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781590590959 https://www.apress.com/gp/book/9781590590959