Mobile App UX Audit

'Mobile Basics' — Mobile size and spacing of hit areas, multiple hit-areas within the same visual element, font-sizes, interactions issues common on the mobile platform, touch keyboards, touch screen gestures for images, etc.

Homepage/Dashboard — The homepage/dashboard structure, personalization, design, carousels, double-hit area issues, promotions, etc.

Category Taxonomy — The overall e-commerce category structure and taxonomy, includes the common issue of “over-categorization”, information architecture, catalog breadth, category redundancy, overly deep or shallow categories, industry-specific naming, etc.

Main Navigation — The main app navigational design, sticky navigation, mega drop-down menus, product navigation and its visual hierarchy, courtesy non-product navigation, etc.

Intermediary Category Pages — How deep in the navigational hierarchy “Intermediary Category” pages are used (vs. using a product listing page), how the category pages are structured and what content they contain, including inspirational paths, featured products, curated content, etc.

App-Wide Layout — App-wide layouts, footers, newsletter dialogs, ad positioning, return policy links, etc.

Query Types — The level of compliance with different overarching types of search queries that users make on e-commerce apps, all vital for your search engine to support (Exact, Product Type, Feature, Thematic, Compatibility, Symbol, Subjective, Symptom, and Non-Product). How and what product data is actually searched.

Search Form & Logic — The design and behavior of the search field itself, query persistence, manual and automatic search scope selection, special characters, etc.

Autocomplete — How the autocomplete feature (“predictive search”) should be designed, the types of suggestions it should make, keyboard behavior support, suggesting scopes and products, etc.

Results Logic & Guidance — How to guide users toward better paths on the results page, including suggesting alternate queries, scopes, “No results” pages, misspellings, etc.

Results Layout — The layout and features of the search results page, such as dynamic list layouts, the search results information, search snippets, pagination, etc.

Results Filtering & Sorting — Filtering and sorting of search results, including essential filtering types, faceted search, the design and logic for long lists of filters, filter naming, dynamic sorting, etc.

List Layout — The design and features of the overall layout of the product list, includes “list” vs. “grid” layouts, product data consistency, post-processing vendor-supplied data, etc.

Loading Products — The loading schema for new items loaded into the product list, number of products displayed by default, etc.

List Items: What Information to Include — The type and amount of product attributes to include in each list item, product variations in list items, user ratings averages in list items, etc.

List Items: User Interface — List item size, product thumbnail size relative to product type, amount of product attributes in list items, hit areas within the product list, separation of list items, product loading schema, visual indicators, product variations, list item interactions on a touch screen, etc.

List Items: Personalization — Context-aware thumbnails, personalized list item and product attributes, highlighting of items, etc.

Filtering: Available Filters — The type, amount, and specificity of filters users need, including thematic filters, product-specific filters, compatibility filters, symptom filters, product status filters, gifting filters, user-defined filters, price filters, etc.

Filtering: Scope & Logic — Filtering logic, scope, and naming schemas, such as over-categorization, mutually exclusive filtering values and non-exclusive values (“AND” “OR” logics), filtering tooltips, filter names, filter value consistency, dynamically renaming filters, etc.

Filtering Interface & Layout — The styling of filtering types and values, placement, filter truncation, including handling filtering values with 0 matches, filter value checkbox and link styling, the display sequence for filtering values, slider interfaces, etc.

Filtering: Applying & Applied Filters — “Apply” buttons and live updating as filters are applied, the position and styling for applied filtering values, browser history, filter and sorting persistence, etc.

Sorting — The default sort type, diversity in sorting logic, the sorting interface and scope, alphabetical sorting, category-specific sort types, sorting directions, sorting naming, the scope of the sorting tool, labeling of the sorting interface, logic for customer rating sorting, etc.

Comparison Tool — When to have a comparison feature, the design and placement of the “compare” link, the view and features of the comparison page, product data consistency, inline help options, etc.

Product Page Layouts — “Horizontal Tabs”, “Sticky TOCs”, “Collapsed Sections”, “One Long Page”, etc.

Product Images — How users inspect product images, the 7 different product image types, number of images, etc.

Image Gallery User Interface — Touch gestures in the image gallery, image gallery layout, methods of zoom, carousels, overlays, default image and size, etc.

The “Buy” Section — Design and position of elements such as “Add to Cart” button, prices and discounts, quantity field, etc.

Shipping, Returns, & Gifting — Shipping and returns information at the product page, “Free Shipping” tiers, and “Find in Store” features.

Product Variations — Selecting color and size variations, content across variations, product customizations and personalizations.

Product Description — Product information and descriptions, the type of content needed, text styling, sub-titles, product headlines, etc.

Product Specifications Sheet — Spec sheet layout, specs in tables vs. product descriptions, help features, post-processing of vendor data, etc.

User Reviews — User reviews, the review submission form, review filtering, sorting and navigation, rating distribution summaries, etc.

Auxiliary Content — Q&A/FAQs, social media tools, and expert-generated content.

Cross-Sells & Cross-Navigation — Cross-sells design, placement, and logic, cross-navigation elements, “Recently Viewed Products”, etc.

Shopping Cart & “Added to Cart” Behavior — Shopping cart design, favorite and 'save for later' features, as well as the page-response when users add products to the cart (drop-down cart, etc.).

Account Selection & Creation — Account selection designs and communication, guest checkout, “Delayed Account Creation”, social media accounts, password rules, etc.

Customer & Address Information — Privacy concerns, shipping addresses, billing addresses, international addresses, phone fields, address auto-detection techniques, etc.

Shipping & Store Pickup — Shipping interface design and information hierarchy, shipping descriptions, order cut-off times, and “Free Shipping” tiers, along with omni-channel features such as Store Pickup, Store Availability, and Ship to Store.

Payment Flow & Methods (includes Third-Party) — The payment methods interface, how to integrate and display third-party payment options, gift card redemption flows, international currencies, coupon codes, etc.

Credit Card Form — The credit card field design and its validation logic and formatting, along with the expiration date, security code, and cardholder name inputs, field sequence, card icons, and card type selection.

Order Review — Review step design, “Place Order” button placement, and necessary review data, along with its editing flow.

Order Confirmation & E-Mail (to the extent it’s possible to access this) — The information and actions needed on the order confirmation page, along with the order confirmation e-mail.

Checkout Page Design — Checkout process steps, “Enclosed Checkout” designs, order summary sidebars, and how to design and position the cart link in the app-wide header.

User Attention & Interactions — Load indicators, feedback on user actions, the use of overlays, feedback requests, introduction of app-specific features, and embedded content from third-parties.

Cross-Sells — Active vs. passive cross-selling, adapting cross-sells to user context, and pitfalls of specific placements and wording.

Form Design & Features — How to design and position the primary button, “Apply” buttons, minimizing form intimidation, multi-column layouts, tabbing flows, CAPTCHAs, back-button, and enter-keystroke behavior.

Validation Errors & Data Persistence — How to design and position error messages, how to word them, and persisting data in non-secure and secure form fields, along with inline validation.

Address Validators — When address validations are necessary, “Force-Proceeding” through address validators, along with address validator design and logic.

Field Labels & Microcopy — Marking optional and required fields, field label position, tooltips, and optimizing microcopy and descriptions.

Field Design & Features — Touch keyboard issues including auto-correct, optimized keyboard layouts, auto-capitalization, etc. How to match the type of interface with the input type, drop-downs and radio button implementations, floating labels, input masks and character restrictions, custom designed input fields, etc.

Default Values & Autocompletion — Intelligent form features, including inferred selections, pre-fills, auto-fills, and personalization of the checkout flow.

‘My Account’ Sign-In — Account sign in, including password reset and account lockouts, “Soft” sign in, automatic sign out, and where users should be sent after signing in.

‘My Account’ Drop-Down — Placement of the “My Account” drop-down menu, account features to include, how the “My Account” drop-down should be structured and styled, personalization, and what “My Account” drop-down implementations should be avoided.

‘My Account’ Dashboard — Dashboard designs (“card” layout, use of icons, etc.), providing paths to all “My Account” features, highlighting recent orders, limiting ads, visibility or sidebar navigation, etc.

‘My Account’ Stored Addresses, Cards, and Newsletters — Credit card updating flow, default addresses, editing vs. adding a new address, newsletter frequency and “unsubscribe“, confirmations, and “Apply“ buttons.