UI/UX Delivery to Engineering
Delivering UI/UX Specs for Cross-Platform Development
This prompt helps design teams prepare UI/UX specifications tailored for cross-platform development, ensuring that designs are implemented consistently across web, mobile, and other platforms. It focuses on documenting platform-specific requirements and shared components.
Responsible:
Product Design
Accountable, Informed or Consulted:
Design, Engineering, Product
THE PREP
Creating effective prompts involves tailoring them with detailed, relevant information and uploading documents that provide the best context. Prompts act as a framework to guide the response, but specificity and customization ensure the most accurate and helpful results. Use these prep tips to get the most out of this prompt:
Finalize designs for each platform, ensuring all assets are complete and organized.
Confirm alignment between the design system and platform-specific requirements.
Collaborate with engineering to understand platform constraints or preferences.
THE PROMPT
Help deliver UI/UX specifications for the cross-platform development of [specific product or feature]. Focus on:
Platform Variations: Documenting differences in design elements, such as layout, navigation, and interactions, between web, iOS, and Android platforms.
Shared Components: Highlighting reusable components and ensuring alignment with the design system.
Responsive Design: Specifying breakpoints, grid systems, and scaling rules for web and mobile screens.
Interaction Details: Providing interaction guidelines for platform-specific gestures, animations, and transitions.
Accessibility Standards: Including accessibility requirements tailored for each platform, such as touch target sizes and ARIA roles.
Provide recommendations for organizing and sharing the specifications, including tools (e.g., Figma, Zeplin, Abstract) and methods to facilitate collaboration between teams. If additional context about the platforms or product goals is needed, ask clarifying questions to refine the specs.
Bonus Add-On Prompts
Propose strategies for documenting platform-specific interaction details in the handoff process.
Suggest methods for aligning responsive design specs with development frameworks.
Highlight ways to validate cross-platform consistency during the development phase."
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SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE
Focus on specific platforms, such as iOS and Android, for tailored specifications.
Include methods for validating cross-platform designs through user testing.
Propose techniques for documenting edge cases and exceptions for each platform.
Highlight tools for creating dynamic specs that adapt to platform changes.
Add suggestions for integrating development feedback into future design iterations.
WHEN TO USE
During design handoff for products being developed across multiple platforms.
To ensure consistency and quality in cross-platform user experiences.
When introducing new features that behave differently on web and mobile.
WHEN NOT TO USE
If the product is limited to a single platform without variations.
When focusing solely on backend or non-UI/UX aspects of development.