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.”
Wordle is a web-based word game in which players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word, receiving feedback through colored tiles that indicate correct letters and their placement. The New York Times Games publishes a single puzzle daily, available on both its website and NYT Games mobile app.
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Introduction Chase is one of the largest banks in the United States, serving millions of customers through its online and mobile banking services. Having personally used the app for everyday banking, I have noticed both strengths and shortcomings in its usability. Using Don Norman’s concepts from The Design of Everyday Things, I will analyze a
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The app “Garmin Connect” is studied here with its smartwatch use case. It syncs activities, stats, and settings between app and watch. While there is more to evaluate in the overall UX, this critique focuses only on one specific user flow, using concepts from Don Norman’s Design of Everyday Things.
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Chewy is an e-commerce company that offers businesses such as pet food retail, pet supply and accessories retail, medicines and health products, and other pet-related products. From Chewy, users could document their pets’ information and get the needed accessories. Its mobile app is aiming to offer users a convenient shopping experience Imperfect Shopping Details Items
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What is Depop?: Depop is a second-hand website/app, primarily used for selling clothing and accessories. Tags are a highly key part of the app, as most bona fide Depop sellers are very adamant about categorizing pieces by fashion styles. This is nothing new within the fashion industry; however, the advent of social media has led
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Adobe Lightroom is one of the most popular photo editing apps among professional photographers and enthusiasts. The platform gains one of its biggest advantages from being a cross-platform application, supported on various categories of devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. This critique’s focus will be on its iOS version, examining the app’s library page.
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There are days that I (shamefully) do not think I would be a functioning human without the help of my Google Calendar iOS App. The app is a great schedule management tool, and I will be focusing specifically on setting up a recurring event type.
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Introduction Cooking is one of the many skills that allows one to take care of themselves. Not everyone takes the time to sharpen those skills but everyone should have the choice to. One of the best ways to become a better cook is to use the proper tools and appliances. For people with disabilities this
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Proloquo is a digital AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) technology that supports or replaces speech for people who experience communication barriers. Through a symbol-based digital communication system where the user can form ideas and sentences by selecting symbols on the screen, Proloquo improves and empowers communication for people with communication barriers or speech-related disabilities. Compared
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Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (TCGP) is a free-to-play trading card mobile game. Unlike Pokemon’s previous game catering to experienced players, TCGP offers an approachable casual experience. The game features not only simplified and faster card battles, but also card collecting, where players can share and trade their cards with their friends and the community.
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