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.”
GOOD “Meet up” is good at interaction of UX and human needs. I download this app because I want to search some good events in New York City. This APP provides me multiple chooses. When I first register my account, they provide me several tags, for example, fashion, art, sports, etc. By knowing my […]
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Introduction My Disney Experience is both a web app and mobile app for navigating and planning your visit to Disney. Having Disney Annual Passes, everyone in my family uses this app constantly. Before this app, we had to make reservations by phone, or in person, and schedule fast passes at a kiosk upon arriving at the
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Introduction: Steam is an international digital distribution platform which allow users to purchase and play PC video games. Steam help users install and update their games and provides community features such as friend lists and groups, video streaming and video sharing. It also provide cloud-saving function so that users can load their game process in
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Introduction Sephora is a multinational online and in-store makeup, skincare, fragrance, and beauty services, retailer. Upon opening the Sephora mobile application, a user is presented with options to either view latest skincare and beauty deals, to begin shopping or exploring products, to receive product recommendations, to search for specific products, or to navigate for additional features.
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Introduction GrubHub is a service that allows people to place food orders for pickup or delivery to local restaurants, either online or through their phones. It boasts a huge selection of local restaurants as well as fast food chains for their customers to choose from. Critique 1 When first entered, the website greets you
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The iOS built-in Notes app empowers users’ note taking capability by providing seamless synchronization feature, supporting multimedia input/insert, and even integrating the sketch feature to simulate the analog note-taking experience.
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“Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End” is one of seven games of the Uncharted series, which is an action-adventure third-person shooter platform video game created and developed by Naughty Dog. This critique takes a closer look at how Uncharted 4 makes use of Don Normans Design Principles and uses them to lead the player through the game, specifically one of
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Introduction Winc is an iOS app I use to order wine online. Users take their simple 6-question Palate Profile Quiz and Discover their personalized wine recommendations. The selected wine will be delivered per month. Users can use the app to: Sign up/Sign in Manage membership Discover personalized wine recommendations Customize orders Ship box immediately Rate
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Medium is an online publishing platform and regularly regarded as a blog host, where everyone can publish their stories from amateur writers to the professional experts. I have been a regular reader of medium and recently started to write on medium. I realized that writers can have a different experience than readers. For this
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Introduction The path vending machines are used to add value or time to a MetroCard or SmartLink by walking users through steps. Users need to interact with a touch screen and multiple parts to get to their goals. We can easily find one on a path train station. Critique 1: Different colors are
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