Thumb Zone

Check to see if your app is in the thumb zone

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Check to see if your app is in the thumb zone

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Hunter

Cool little app that's a bit like a heat map to see if your how your mobile app is positioned for the "thumb zone".

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11yr ago

Thumb Zone

Maker

@erictwillis thanks, Eric. Just like Antonela said, we built this tool to help designer see if their UI is thumb-friendly, so far it's been a fun and fulfilling project 😁

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11yr ago

Love it, will use it! Suggestion - for apps still in planning maybe you could create a sketch tool for them to layout what they are planning and then see the "thumbzone" they'll get. Then they can change the layout on the spot to get better results. Also I think if you can give priorities to different buttons on the screen... I wouldn't mind the "settings" button rarely used to be placed in a bad "thumbzone". Also going to use the name from now on, thanks!

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11yr ago

Thumb Zone

Maker

@moravtchik Hi Leo! Thanks for your comment! Definitely, YES. We are working on a sketch plugin. Also yes, call to actions has different priorities due to visual and ux hierarchy. The main idea here is to check if the main actions (not necessary buttons, but switches or drags for example) are able to get done by the most used handholds. If you're interested in this topic, check this Josh Clarke's amazing read http://alistapart.com/article/ho... Stay tuned so we can update you when is done :)

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11yr ago

Casa

Good to see the Thumb Zone continue to thrive in the wild! http://scotthurff.com/posts/how-...

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11yr ago

Thumb Zone

Maker

@scotthurff Thanks a lot Scott! As I said privately, your support seems a lot for us. Our small project is 100% based in your theoretic approach :)

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11yr ago

Thumb Zone

Maker

Hey! Thanks for adding! With @nicolasjengler we built this small side project to help users to check if your interface is comfortable enough to use within the thumb’s natural, sweeping arc. We're still working on adding new device sizes and other functionality to Check the thumb! If you have some ideas or suggestions, don't hesitate to write us to hola@antonela.me. We hope you find it useful in your product design process!

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11yr ago

Tickkle

I think it is one of the key factors that should be kept in mind while designing for the special cases of limited accessibility wherein a user is supposed to perform actions only through single hand. Great app for designers :) Kudos to the team!

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11yr ago

This is great. Note that commons Apps, Todoist, Inbox (or anything Google) and the camera slider on the iPhone lock screen don't follow this rule. I asked about it on Quora: https://www.quora.com/Why-is-the... Wunderlist just fixed this in their most recent update to the iOS apps.

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11yr ago

Left handed people are people too.

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11yr ago

Thumb Zone

Maker

@andypngr yes! this is why we include choke-up overlays. Do you think there is a difference between the way the thumb works with a left hand in left-handed people than right-handed people using left hand? We should make some research.

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11yr ago

@holantonela There might be some slight variation, but I wouldn't expect anything extremely different.

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11yr ago

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