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UI/UX Design: Something BIG just happened to Apple’s HIG
Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines just got updated and there’s been some really nice, long overdue changes.
Overview
For time immemorial, prospective and practicing designers alike have made pilgrimage to Apple’s HIG page, to dig through the documentation, and learn of the ways of design on Apple-based systems.
Today marks a new era in UI/UX design for Apple products, because Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines just got updated and there’s been some really nice, long overdue changes.
Let’s check it out.
Everything is a LOT easier to find now
Looking for something specific? No more digging through different systems/platforms to find what you’re looking for.
Everything has been organized and is available front and center, right when you get to the main page:
Looking for foundational material? Right here:
Everything from accessibility to typography all in one place, and this applies to basically every other part of their HIG as well.
Search functionality is very robust
Say you’re looking for something specific, like loading or launching screen best-practices.
Now you can search for “loading” directly within the HIG, and it’s RIGHT THERE.
