Are you interested designing or developing your own iPhone Application or Palm Pre Application? Teehan+Lax has put together iPhone GUI PSD and Palm Pre GUI PSD to help designers pitch and develop polished concepts using a tool their pretty familiar with, Photoshop. The elements are built with vectors for easy editing and scaling.
“This article explores the ways in which designers use graphical elements and screen interactions to create iPhone-applications that are easy on the eyes and mind. The aim of this article is to display common trends and design approaches in iPhone app design – please notice that they are not necessarily optimal ones from the design or usability point of view.“…from smashingmagazine!
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In the new Facebook 3.0, you’ll find a grid layout that users can swipe left and right to access more categories. Because it mirrors Apple’s native UI, users do not have to “learn” how to use it all over again. A similar approach exists in Web design: users expect to see a logo in the top left, navigation along the top, etc. Facebook has taken this concept mobile, using large buttons that are easily distinguishable and tap-able.
jQTouch is a jQuery plugin for creating mobile applications with just HTML, CSS & JavaScript. It comes with native animations, automatic navigation, and themes for mobile WebKit browsers like iPhone, G1, and Pre.
iWebKit is an open source toolkit for creating iPhone / iPod compatible websites very easily & quickly.
It is simplicity lies under the usage of basic html that anyone can edit rather than more complicated Ajaxed solutions.
It is possible to theme the interface besides the standard iPhone theme & the download package comes with various ready-to-use themes.
And, websites created with iWebKit are compatible with the latest iPhone OS 3.0.
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