Gestures & Touch Interactions

Summary

Designing for touch-specific interactions — swipe, pinch-to-zoom, long-press, pull-to-refresh — that don't exist in desktop mouse-and-keyboard interfaces, and require intentional discoverability.

• 1List 3 common mobile gestures and how discoverable each one typically is to a first-time user.
• 2Design a swipe-to-delete or swipe-to-archive interaction for a list item.
• 3Learn why gestures need a visible affordance or hint, since they're not self-evident like a button.