iPhone Developers Should Overcome Password Related Roadblocks in UX

Today we are exchanging very sensitive and critical information as well as financial data through our mobile devices. Mobiles make Internet ubiquitous. Mobile apps are increasingly use web services or cloud services with high security standards. Unfortunately, security begins with authentication of users and services. Each app has its own authentication method and technologies applied.

Therefore, mobile app users face big hurdles passing authentication stages frequently. In due course, Apple has introduced biometric authentication system like fingerprints to unlock iPhone as well as other apps based on Apple ID in this unique way. However, iPhone developers can’t use Apple ID or biometric authentication system in all kinds of applications.

For instance, in e-commerce apps, developers have to create two level of authentication system. One for account creation and another during checkout process for payment like critical transactions. Therefore, creating user name or ID and password for it is mandatory.

Unfortunately, creating password and remembering it is daunting for many at short term and long-term memories.

Password at UX point of view

For sake of security, creating strong password is compulsory, but it puts load on user memory system and distracts user experiences. For instance, many password creation system demand mix of upper & lower case, use of numeric digits, use of punctuations or special symbols, etc. This is the place, where UX designers have to play vital roles.

• For creation of password or authentication dialog box

• For offering memorizing and authentication dialog box

There are many suggestions to create signup and sign-in dialog boxes, but ultimate target is to create strong password for desired security. For iPhone app developers, indication of strength of the password proves intuitive to make it strong. In due course, iPhone app developers can use indication bar, textual tips, instructions for how to, etc. in their designing.

Acts of Smart iPhone App Developers

No doubt, modern iPhone apps have smart password creation design and tools, but very few iPhone developers focus on remembering password in their UX designing. The best way to memorize password is to use good hints about it that how users can easily remember and relate it with hints offer in case of forgotten password.

Now, smart iPhone developers never offer password-creation dialog box among the clutter of other activities. They instead, use isolated dialog box with plain background to offer clam ambiance to boost memory power with greater focus on only one activity and that is password creation and reading long yet useful instructions on remembering it for long.

They give intelligent and meaningful password memorizing tips on their password creation dialog box. They also personalized it, according to regions or cultures of the end-users. Many iPhone developers use show password button on password-creation dialog box and involve relevant hits with password to keep it in long-term memories of the users.

Mindinventory has smart iPhone app developers who have adequate awareness of password related UX issues and have solved many problems in their iPhone app development journey.