Design Critique: Texture (iPad App)

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 …

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Design Critique: Spotify Music (iPhone app,version 8.4.38)

Spotify is a music, podcast, and video streaming service that was officially launched on 7 October 2008. Its basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as music downloads, are offered via paid subscriptions. Spotify is available in most of Europe, most of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia. It …

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Design Critique: Uniqlo APP (IOS application)

  Uniqlo is a popular casual apparel brand, they recently developed an APP to support their online retailing market.  As most functions of the app directly linked to their responsive web so that it can complete their basic goals–purchase items online, generate guests’ own digital barcode of their member accounts, get coupons and alerts, etc. …

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Design Critique: Net Art Anthology (Microsite)

 Figure (a). General screenshot Introduction Rhizome, the New Museum-affiliated born-digital art organization behind Net Art Anthology, describes this dedicated microsite as a “two-year online exhibition presenting 100 works of restored and re-performed net art” [1]. Since its launch in October 2016, Net Art Anthology aims to restage and contextualize one project each week by uploading …

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Design Critique: Simple Habit (iOS App)

Simple Habit is a meditation application that allows busy people to fit meditation around their schedule. Users can choose from over 1,000 different meditations, create playlists, comment on posts and share meditations. The app is free, but in order to have the full experience, users must pay a subscription to unlock and download all meditations.

The iPhone’s Keyboard: Pros and Cons

iOS’s keyboard, as one of the most commonly used keyboard, is a very well, fully developed keyboard system. It supports numerous of languages (including more than 2,500 emojis) and variety of layouts, and can smartly auto-correct the text in most cases. iPhone Keyboard in different settings. ( Left to right: English, QWERTY; Chinese (Simplified), 10 …

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Design Critique: OpenTable (Mobile App)

Founded in 1998, OpenTable is a web service that allows users to book restaurant reservations online. Through their website and mobile app, users can view restaurant menus, reviews, photos and earn reward points through using the platform to make reservations. Based in San Francisco, this free service has expanded to include restaurants throughout the United States and …

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