Discovering music has never been easier now that people can carry millions of songs in their pockets using apps like Spotify, a digital streaming service that allows users to search, discover and play songs. Although Spotify’s iOS app can be used effectively, it has room to improve its usability and discoverability.   Song-Specific Menus Spotify’s song-specific […]

  With 178 million users, Snapchat has surprised the world with the success of its counter-intuitive design. Going against core principles of discoverability and understandability, it has garnered millions who have learned and adapted its unique language. However, its glory may now be short-lived, as universally-designed competitors have considerably surpassed Snapchat’s numbers. Snapchat initially prided

ATimeLogger 2 is an application for helping users to track time, and related functions can also be achieved, such as enhance users’ ability of time management or record multiple tasks’ time-consuming. Furthermore, ATimelogger 2 has an outstanding performance in signifiers and constraints, which brought forward by Don Norman. The clear interfaces and logical constraints successfully satisfy

The shape of the Oontz wireless speaker is similar to that of a triangular block—with its exterior made out of plastic and rubber. The speaker is an audio output for electronic device to connect by Bluetooth or AUX input. The three basic functions of controlling the audio are: volume up, volume down and pause. The

About a year ago, NYSC renewed their brand. Part of their brand strategy included the re-design of their iOS Application. The App allows users to plan their work out by searching and signing up for classes, setting up their goals, and checking into the gym with their phone. This article analyzes some features of the

Splitwise (version 4.4.12 for iOS 9.0 or later) is an Apple iPhone application designed to “split bills and expenses the easy way.” This app functions as a bill splitting and record-keeping tool for roommates, friends, or any group of individuals with shared or borrowed expenses. Splitwise provides an appealing and simple digital interface that makes

Domino’s app is an iOS and Andriod application that allows the user to conveniently order Domino’s Pizza from many devices including the Apple Watch. The application has the features to build pizza and order any other items the pizza store offers for delivery or pick-up from a nearby store location. The process of ordering a

Amazon Kindle is an application for reading electronic books. It takes advantage of the affordances offered by touch screens, including pressing and swiping on the screen. The app’s design is simple, with different operations completed by enabling modes through touching the screen. However, its simplicity does not translate to understandability.

  Medium is an online publishing platform launched in August 2012, having a mass of amateur and professional people and publications writing blog posts on it. The clean design quickly differentiates it from other publishing platforms and aggregates many professionals. This article is going to assess the design of medium IOS app using Don Norman’s

Fig 1.1 – Before signing into Netflix Netflix is a major streaming service that allows users to watch TV shows, movies, animations and more. It has so much entertainment that you can never say, there is nothing to watch. In order to use Netflix, the new user could start with a one month free trial