How do we make the user interface work in both portrait and landscape orientations?.Working around the limitations of minimum button sizes required for a touchscreens.What’s the best way to manage all of the different panels on a small screen (our guide system creates particular challenges)?.However, we are still working on solving a few design challenges including (but not limited to): For example, our bottom bar redesigns both create a sleeker, more adaptable desktop experience while also making everything more accessible on mobile.
You may have seen some of the improvements we’ve made to our user interface in recent updates. The interface filling up the entire screen on a mobile phone shows how challenging it can be to fit all of the windows on a smaller display. If you do try this, you’ll notice it presents quite a design challenge, not only for existing features but also for any features we add. You can check out how we are building this flexible user interface right now by making the window in the desktop version small.
In Update 26, we unified the user interface across desktop and VR, and we’re continuing to develop this unified interface with physically smaller (that is, mobile) screens in mind. For the last few months, we’ve been focusing on making sure the mobile version is just as fun to play as the desktop version.
