Propeller’s Recommendations for Mobile First Design
- Content first: With smaller screens (compared to desktop), mobile first provides a great opportunity for copywriters to consider what’s most important and cut out the unnecessary text.
- Navigation: Make it easy for users to navigate your website, whatever device they are using. We often recommend building expandable hamburger menus to simplify the navigation panel.
- User-friendly interface: Consider touch interactions in your build, such as pinch, swipe, and tap actions.
- Visual hierarchy: Build a clear, visible hierarchy that considers users that are scrolling on long, narrow screens. Minimise visual clutter to avoid overwhelming users on smaller screens.
- Readability: Make sure to have reactive font sizes. What works on desktop will be too big for mobile. We build pages that adapt to the scale of the device.