A few weeks ago I published a post on how to write and translate for Mobile, where I explained the three Fs approach: Fast, Focus and Fun.
Some readers asked me how you can possibly be fun when you design something serious as say, a payment flow. Well, here’s an excellent example from what I consider the best app out there in terms of sleek design and crisp content: Hotel Tonight.
Hotel Tonight is a San Francisco’s startup founded in 2010 by Sam Shank, Jared Simon and Chris Bailey. It’s in series D founding round, backed by VCs like, among others, Accel Partners. It’s only on Mobile, their website is just a homepage where you can download the app.
Check out how creative and fun they have been with the Terms and Conditions button: Where everybody else puts a boring button or checkbox to tap, designers at Hotel Tonight come out with this innovative and fun way: You need to trace the contours of their logo with your finger to agree to the terms and complete the booking:
If there’s an app out there that abides by the three principles I’ve listed in my previous post, this is Hotel Tonight.
Take a look at how fast and focused their content is: The Why We Like It section, for example, only contains 3 bullet points, and at least one of them always says something fun about the hotel:
When I’m asked for examples of well designed apps with great content, tone of voice and style, Hotel Tonight is the first (and finest) example that comes to my mind. Oh, and one more thing! The app works really well and the deals are fantastic!
Please feel free to post other examples of apps with sleek design and great content!
Localization in Silicon Valley 