General Guidelines

The following is a list of some general guidelines when designing a touch-friendly interface:

Image When designing your interface, you should allow all basic or common tasks to be completed using a single finger.

Image Touch controls should respond to touch immediately. A touch control with even a slight lag, or one that seems slow when transitioning, has a negative impact on the user experience.

Image Processing that would otherwise reduce the ...

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