What makes some designs good and others bad? Why do some designs work while others don’t? Posts in this category offer thoughtful design critiques of modern digital interfaces, with commentary inspired by Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday Things.”
Shopee is the largest online shopping platform in Southeast Asia. In the past three years, Shopee has become Taiwan’s largest online shopping platform, replacing PC Home, the previous largest online shopping website in Taiwan. Shopee provides several services for people to shop easily: People can talk to buyers about the condition of the goods before …
Groupon is a convenient and cheap e-market where consumers are able to find thousands of local deals of the day at various discounts. The deals include a great variety of goods, activities and services. For activities and services, customers would purchase the voucher on Groupon app and later redeem these vouchers at the actual vendor. …
Shopbop is a US online fashion apparel and accessories shop opened in 1999. It is positioned in a high-end users’ market and also very popular especially in women’ business. Shopbop has been a subsidiary of Amazon.com since 2006. That means it allows prime users to enjoy the free shipping and returning service. Thus, the market based on mobile …
Design Critique: Shopbop online shopping App (IOS application) Read More »
W.T. Dennis LIS 644: Usability, Theory and Practice (Radio City Music Hall: Zoom-in for more detailed ticket listings for larger venues) I. Ticketmaster.com Ticketmaster.com is a convenient and expedient resource used for buying tickets for a concert or event. This resource allows its user the gratification of choosing precisely which seat they want from …
Design Critique: Ticketmaster & Telecharge Seating Charts. Read More »
Weddings are highly sensory, emotional experiences, loaded with expectations. My niece got married on Sept. 8 in front of a small group of friends and family who were gathered together by phone calls, texts, US Postal invitations, email follow ups and a website. The website, Elizabeth & Ryan (Figures 1,2), a sub-site of withjoy.com, conveys the …
Origamispirit.com delivers a successful user experience, clearly identifying it as a passion-pursuit website by Leyla Torres aimed at teaching and sharing the joys of origami. There’s room for improvement, but even as is, orgamispirit.com provides an enjoyable experience that makes users want to return. Origamispirit.com clearly understands its users, which, according to Jesse James Garrett* …
Ringly is a smart ring created with the purpose of helping women lead a healthier and more balanced lifestyle, combining innovative technology with well crafted jewelry. The device consists on a ring with a sensor that is paired with the Ringly app on the user’s phone, allowing the notification of mobile alerts without the need …
Design Critique: Blizzard Entertainment (Portal Website) Fig.1 Introduction This website is the homepage for the entertainment company Blizzard. This website is mainly to generally introduce their products, exhibit what they already have, arouse people’s interest to take their products. And leave an entrance for their users to sign up or log in an account. What’s …
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What is Texture, and Who Is It For? Texture is a subscription-based mobile reading app that gives its users unlimited access to a broad range of select magazine titles. It provides useful features such as offline reading, the ability to save magazine articles for later reading, and “subscription” to favorite publications. For mobile readers, Texture …
Introduction: I want to explain my experience by using new launched IOS 11 human interface lock-screen part, analysis the subtle changes of this time, and some specific user-friendly design and suggestion of IOS 11 lock-screen. My interactive device is iPhone 7plus. This blog only represents my self’s point of view, please offer any suggestion and …