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Use menu bars, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts extensively. Windows are resizable with precise control.\n\n5. **tvOS: remote and focus.** Viewed from a distance. Design for the Siri Remote with focus-based navigation. Large text, simple layouts, linear navigation.\n\n6. **visionOS: spatial interaction.** 3D environment using windows, volumes, and spaces. Eye tracking for targeting, indirect gestures for interaction. Respect ergonomic comfort zones.\n\n7. **watchOS: glanceable and brief.** Information consumable at a glance. Brief interactions. Digital Crown, haptics, and complications for timely content.\n\n8. **Games: own paradigm.** Free to define in-game interaction models, but still respect platform conventions for system interactions (notifications, accessibility, controllers).\n\n## Reference Index\n\n| Reference | Topic | Key content |\n|---|---|---|\n| [designing-for-ios.md](references/designing-for-ios.md) | iOS | Touch, tab bars, navigation stacks, gestures, screen sizes, safe areas |\n| [designing-for-ipados.md](references/designing-for-ipados.md) | iPadOS | Multitasking, sidebars, pointer, keyboard, Apple Pencil, Stage Manager |\n| [designing-for-macos.md](references/designing-for-macos.md) | macOS | Menu bars, toolbars, window management, keyboard shortcuts, dense layouts, Dock |\n| [designing-for-tvos.md](references/designing-for-tvos.md) | tvOS | Focus engine, Siri Remote, lean-back experience, content-forward, parallax |\n| [designing-for-visionos.md](references/designing-for-visionos.md) | visionOS | Spatial computing, windows/volumes/spaces, eye tracking, hand gestures, depth |\n| [designing-for-watchos.md](references/designing-for-watchos.md) | watchOS | Glanceable UI, Digital Crown, complications, notifications, haptics |\n| [designing-for-games.md](references/designing-for-games.md) | Games | Controllers, immersive experiences, platform-specific conventions, accessibility |\n\n## Decision Framework\n\n1. **Identify the primary use context.** On the go (iOS/watchOS), at a desk (macOS), on the couch (tvOS), spatial environment (visionOS)?\n\n2. **Match input to interaction.** Touch for direct manipulation, pointer for precision, gaze+gesture for spatial, Digital Crown for quick scrolling, remote for focus navigation.\n\n3. **Adapt, don't replicate.** A macOS sidebar becomes a tab bar on iPhone. A visionOS volume has no equivalent on watchOS. Translate intent, not implementation.\n\n4. **Leverage platform strengths.** Live Activities on iOS, Desktop Widgets on macOS, complications on watchOS, immersive spaces on visionOS.\n\n5. **Maintain brand consistency** while respecting each platform's visual language and interaction patterns.\n\n## Output Format\n\n1. **Platform-specific recommendations** citing relevant HIG sections.\n2. **Platform differences table** comparing navigation, input, layout, and conventions.\n3. **Implementation notes** per platform including recommended APIs and adaptation strategies.\n\n## Questions to Ask\n\n1. Which platforms are you targeting?\n2. New app or adapting an existing one? If existing, which platform is the base?\n3. SwiftUI or UIKit/AppKit?\n4. Need to support older OS versions?\n5. Primary use context? 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