Introduction Resy is a digital platform that allows users to seamlessly reserve tables at restaurants or tickets to events/experiences. The platform provides restaurant details, menu highlights, images, and user ratings – all of which enhance the reservation experience. This article critiques the Resy App using the principles mentioned in Don Norman’s “The Design of Everyday …
Introduction Zomato is an Indian multinational restaurant aggregator and food delivery company. It was founded in 2008. Zomato provides food delivery options from partner restaurants in more than 1,000 Indian cities and towns, as well as menus and user-reviews of restaurants, dining and sponsored events suggestions. “From swanky upscale restaurants to the coziest hidden gems …
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Introduction: Amtrak is an application that mainly serves for customers looking to purchase tickets, check train statuses, and manage users’ travel plans with America’s national railroad service. This critique focuses on the application’s user experience based on Don Norman’s design principles as outlined in his book “The Design of Everyday Things”. As a frequent user …
Pinterest is a social media platform where users can discover and save ideas for various interests such as recipes, home decor, fashion, and more. The desktop version of Pinterest provides a user-friendly interface with features like creating boards, searching for ideas, and exploring content based on categories.
The digital interface I chose is the website rateyourmusic.com (RYM), which I have been using since high school to discover new music and keep track of the records I have listened to. It allows you to rate albums, singles, and individual tracks, make lists, write reviews, and browse the vast database of records it hosts. …
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Introduction Rijksmuseum, located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is home to many well-known pieces of Dutch art and history, like, The Night Watch painting by Rembrandt van Rijn (1642), The Milkmaid by Johannes Vermeer (1654–58) and the Vincent van Gogh self-portrait (1889). The collection of art dates back almost 800 years and represents the beauty of Dutch …
Introduction X-plane store is an online marketplace and community forum for flight-simulation enthusiasts. Built specifically for the flight-simulation software X-plane, this store allows users to purchase and upload add-ons, modifications and other content to improve their flight simulation experience inside the X-plane software. Who is this service for? As per the organization’s ethos, their primary …
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology adopted a clever way to answer the question “What’s that bird?” making the wealth of knowledge in ornithology accessible to the general public. This critique provides user-centric insights on how usable the Merlin Bird ID app is for a user interested in identifying and learning more about birds around them.
Apple Maps is a web mapping service created by Apple inc. Apple Maps is the default mapping software on all iOS devices. As a web mapping service, Apple Maps provides global cartography based on the travel patterns from iOS devices. Users can get directions through various modes of transportation as well as find locations nearby …
INTRODUCTIONThe TD Pilot by Tobii Dynavox is one of the multiple ACC (Augmentative Alternative Communication) devices featured in their range of products. TD Pilot specifically is an eye-controlled device for iPad, designed to empower people with conditions such as spinal cord injury, cerebral palsy, or select ALS instances to communicate through their apps of choice …
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