Här kommer en tänkvärd artikel för en som designar eller tänker designa gränssnitt för iPad. Information Architects diskuterar om vad som är bäst om bland annat hur mycket träpanel och läder som är bra för en app.

On a computer we have to take in account that the user physically moves between keyboard and mouse, while visually he moves between monitor, OS, app window an the inner visual order of the window. On the iPad, eye and hand movement is brought together and held captive within a massive black frame.

I cannot emphasize enough how radically different the frame set is, that iPad interfaces are embedded in. The iPad brings hands and eyes back together. A complex matter that is best explained referring to actual examples. But you need to give me more time to understand the device and to test those apps accordingly.

Information Architects – Designing for iPad: Reality Check