The SugarSync redesign is out in the wild for real (post public beta) and as Senior Designer I am very proud of the way it has all turned out!
If you’d like to check it all out you can get a 5 GB account and all the mobile apps you’ll ever need. Customers and commentators are loving it, let me know what you think in the comments below.
Here’s a company blog post and press to date (highlights include: PC World, PC Magazine).
Working on a spangly redesign of the SugarSync iOS app that’s heading for prime time very soon. The new design, along with the new Android release brings the mobile apps in line with the overall product redesign.
…a fresh new interface – The Next Web
SugarSync 2.0 beta takes on Dropbox with modern design and iDisk-like virtual drive… a minimalist and centralized new design… A handsome black, green, gray, and red color palette adorns the new app from head to toe… the new app is breathtakingly modern” – The Verge
…dramatically overhauled and simplified user interface – Macworld
The new desktop application is now in public beta! The UI/UX has recently been updated based on private beta feedback–yes, we responded very quickly–and I will talk about this in another post.
I will also be profiling the web and mobile (iOS, Android, Windows Phone) applications very soon. Among other accolades the app won PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award.
Staying true to the commitment to be available on every platform and device, SugarSync launched an app for Windows 8 and Windows RT last week.
The design turned out pretty nicely (see below) and we were able to accommodate some new UX paradigms quite seamlessly (there’s a company blog post here).
The many, many dialogs that underpin an application like SugarSync can seem, at times to be the very essence of the designed experience. They guide, reassure, inform, sell, etc. enabling customers to make the most of this high productivity app.
All the universal rules apply to dialog design–restrictive canvas, end user prejudice, technical limitations, ever-shifting UX models, varying platform/purpose, etc. This is a microcosm of screen design that requires all the skills at a designer’s disposal.
Here’s what I’ve learned: if you make your dialogs consistent, inviting, simple, engaging, satisfying, considerate, comprehensible and ultimately very useful they will not get dismissed as unnecessary UI noise.
Here are some on-boarding dialogs from our desktop app installation flow:
