Mobile responsiveness

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📋 Product Requirements Document

PRD: Mobile responsiveness

Issue: #216
Milestone: Phase 10: Polish & Launch
Labels: ux-improvements, hacktoberfest

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PRD: Enhancing Mobile Responsiveness for MeshHook

1. Overview

The MeshHook project is on the brink of launching its innovative workflow engine, designed to combine the visual simplicity of n8n with the durability of Temporal, all within a Postgres-native structure that supports multi-tenant security and live logs. As part of our Phase 10: Polish & Launch, issue #216 focuses on a critical enhancement: ensuring mobile responsiveness across the platform. This initiative is pivotal as it aligns with our commitment to accessibility, simplicity, and inclusivity, ensuring that users on mobile devices have an equally functional and engaging experience as those on desktop platforms.

Purpose

• Enhance Accessibility: Ensure that MeshHook's functionalities, including the Visual DAG builder, are fully responsive and accessible on mobile devices, thus broadening our user base.
• Improve User Engagement: By offering a seamless experience across all devices, we aim to increase user satisfaction and engagement.
• Align with MeshHook Values: This enhancement is a step towards reinforcing our core values of inclusivity and simplicity, making complex workflow management accessible to everyone, everywhere.

2. Functional Requirements

1. Responsive UI Elements: All UI elements (e.g., buttons, input fields, DAG nodes) must adjust gracefully to different screen sizes, ensuring usability and aesthetic integrity.

2. DAG Builder Adaptation: The Visual DAG builder must be optimized for touch interactions, with UI adjustments to accommodate mobile screen dimensions without sacrificing functionality.

3. Adaptive Logs and Documentation: Ensure that live logs, monitoring interfaces, and project documentation are fully responsive, maintaining readability and ease of navigation on mobile devices.

3. Non-Functional Requirements

• Performance: Achieve quick loading times and smooth interactions on mobile, with specific focus on minimizing data usage and optimizing front-end assets.

• Usability: The mobile interface should be intuitive, minimizing cognitive load and user frustration by prioritizing key actions and information visibility.

• Accessibility: MeshHook must adhere to WCAG 2.1 guidelines to ensure it is usable by individuals with a wide range of disabilities.

4. Technical Specifications

Architecture Context

MeshHook utilizes a SvelteKit frontend paired with a Supabase backend. The mobile responsiveness initiative will focus on frontend improvements, leveraging CSS for styling and SvelteKit for dynamic content adaptation.

Implementation Approach

1. UI Audit: Conduct a thorough review of the current UI to pinpoint areas lacking in responsiveness.

2. Responsive Design Implementation:

   • Utilize CSS media queries to adjust layouts and components based on viewport size.
   • Take advantage of SvelteKit's reactivity for real-time adaptation to screen size changes.

3. Optimize DAG Builder for Mobile:

   • Implement touch-friendly controls and gestures for the DAG builder interface.
   • Simplify complex UI elements for mobile without losing essential functionality.

4. Performance Optimization:

   • Apply techniques for image and asset optimization, including compression and appropriate use of the loading="lazy" attribute.
   • Minify and bundle CSS and JavaScript efficiently to enhance loading speeds.

Data Model and API Endpoints

• No changes to the data model or API endpoints are required for this enhancement.

5. Acceptance Criteria

• UI components are fully responsive and functional across devices with screen widths ranging from 320px to 2560px.

• The Visual DAG builder is optimized for touch interactions and is fully usable on mobile devices.

• Live logs and documentation are easily readable and navigable on mobile, with no horizontal scrolling required.

• Mobile performance benchmarks (e.g., Time to Interactive, First Contentful Paint) meet predefined targets.

6. Dependencies

• Existing SvelteKit and Supabase infrastructure.
• Access to a suite of mobile devices and emulators for testing purposes.

7. Implementation Notes

Development Guidelines

• Mobile-First Design: Prioritize mobile use cases in the design process to ensure core functionalities are optimized for smaller screens.

• Progressive Enhancement: Start with a baseline of functionality for the most limited devices and enhance the experience as capabilities increase.

Testing Strategy

• Perform manual testing across a range of devices and screen sizes to ensure comprehensive coverage.

• Utilize browser developer tools for simulating various devices, screen sizes, and network conditions.

• Conduct accessibility audits using automated tools and manual evaluations to ensure compliance with accessibility standards.

Security Considerations

• Maintain rigorous security practices, including input validation and output encoding, to prevent the introduction of vulnerabilities through UI changes.

Monitoring & Observability

• Implement monitoring to track performance metrics and user engagement on mobile devices.

• Use analytics to understand mobile usage patterns and identify opportunities for further UX improvements.

By adhering to the guidelines and requirements outlined in this PRD, the MeshHook project will take a significant step forward in making complex workflow management accessible and engaging for users on any device, aligning with our core values and broadening our user base.

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This PRD was AI-generated using gpt-4-turbo-preview from GitHub issue #216
Generated: 2025-10-10

📎 Generated Documentation

• 📄 PRD Document: 216-mobile-responsiveness.md
• 🎨 PlantUML Diagram: 216-mobile-responsiveness.puml
• 🖼️ Diagram Image: 216-mobile-responsiveness.png

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Last updated: 2025-10-10