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Squeezing Emails onto Mobile

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August 28, 2014

Squeezing Emails onto Mobile

Slides from my talk at Frontend Conference Zürich (28 August 2014).

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August 28, 2014
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  1. Julie Ng • American Designer living in Munich • Previously

    Designer at ancestry.com for European Markets • UX Designer, Developer, Consultant • Refresh Munich • Runner, Climber
  2. Email is... "this beautiful cockroach 
 of a social network

    " Graphic: Gilad Fried, Noun Project. Quote: Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic.
  3. 6+ months ago Newsletter Offer for Asia 6 months ago

    Book Fight 6 months ago Email Confirmation Flight details
 Pricing incl. taxes
 Calendar .ics as attachment 4 days before Trip Reminder Time Zone Difference
 Pricing incl. Weather
 Currency 1 day before Boarding Pass Confirmation 1 day before Online Check-in Reminder Holistic User Experience with Email
  4. Types of Email Source: Mailjet Marketing Notification Transactional Characteristic Bulk

    Auto-responder, Alerts Expected Relation one-to-many one-to-one one-to-one Unsubscribe Yes Yes No Examples Newsletter, announcements, etc. Feedback Request, new followers, etc. Invoice, shipping notifications, etc.
  5. Good Email is Teamwork Marketing Marketing 
 Managers Automated E-Mails


    ! Marketing Manager UX Designer Visual/Web Designer Frontend Developer Backend Architect
  6. Alert: Credit Card Expiring... Not just an invoice Reminder Upcoming

    payment. Esp. if longer billing periods. Confirmation With PDF invoice for your records. Billing Error :-(
  7. Frontend: Mobile Design Strategy • SCALABLE
 Default scaling from email

    client
 Example: Jawbone Up Weekly Summary • FLUID
 Some adjustments: fonts, widths
 Example: Heroku invoice • RESPONSIVE
 Layout changes
 Example: Lufthansa Trip Reminder with weather, currency, support phone, etc. Terminology Source: Rodriguez, Jason. 10 April 2014.
 Understanding Mobile Email Approaches (Litmus)
  8. Frameworks are bloated • Gmail clips email at 20k in

    iOS App (EmailOnAcid) • Gmail clips email at ca. 102 on web. • Do we really need a framework for E-Mail?