When designing bitsofMine we kept our focus on the user experience and the user’s data.

In more detail, our current drivers are:

• The User Experience
  • Keep everything simple
  • Optimize for touch interaction
  • Use a single timeline instead of a folder structure
  • Make search meaningful
  • Make important photos more prominent without hiding the rest

• The Data
  • Make photo import automatic but keep the user in control
  • Use all the sources that matter to the user
  • Leverage context information
  • Empower users to keep all their photos locally
  • Empower users to utilize the cloud when they want to
  • Above all: It’s the user’s data, not ours! We don’t want to lock the user in!