Looking back at the weeks you slaved away designing the user interface for your next killer iPhone app, you may be shocked by the countless design versions you burned through before finally settling on the UI that works. Then after development is done, you hand off the app to a group of beta testers who complain about specific elements not being intuitive enough... and the UI design changes continue.

If UI design is not one of your strengths, then it can be a long and often frustrating process. But designing a beautiful, visually enticing user interface that's easy to use is one of the most important keys to your app's success.

it's always nice to see that other developers go through the same tough design decisions. Often they're making just as many modifications to the UI as you do, constantly tweaking various parts of the design throughout the development process until they're happy with the user experience it provides.

Below are a few links from iPhone developers who have shared their journey through user interface design. As a developer, it's always fascinating (and inspiring) to see how others solve unique design problems.

The UI Design Evolution of Tap Tap Tap's Convert App:
http://www.taptaptap.com/blog/convert-design-evolution/

Cultured Code - Designing the UI of Things for iPhone:
http://culturedcode.com/things/iphone/makingof/

Creating the Interface for the Beats App:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwpQX12Km54

Tapbots - Designing the Convertbot App:
http://tapbots.com/blog/design/designing-convertbot

Matt Gemmell's UI Design Journal for the Favorites App:
http://mattgemmell.com/2008/10/29/favorites-ui-design

The Making of the NPR News iPhone App:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/inside/2009/08/
the_making_of_the_npr_news_iph.html


iPhone Insights by Dave Wooldridge

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