Instagram is a social-networking platform where you connect communities with digital contents. With years of iteration, it has advanced many features to cater different user groups and evolved into a marketing and merchandising channel. This design critique will discuss v 172. iOS app version in Asia Pacific as some features may not be available in different […]
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GoodNotes is a popular note-taking app on iPad that can make handwriting notes searchable and easy to be archived. It is also useful for taking notes or making marks on PDF files, images, and more. It can also automatically sync the files through iCloud to all devices. This critique will focus on the App on
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Introduction Tasty, a popular recipe app, provides its users with thousands of food videos and recipes that render cooking and baking as fun, simple, and easy activities. This design critique will focus on Tasty’s user experience for iOS devices. Discover When users open their Tasty app, they are directed to the discover page. Through clear
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Google Play is an app store widely used by Android users. Through Google Play, users can download various applications, games, subscript services, or buy movies and e-books. Homepage & menus I think the homepage design of Google Play is clear and concise, easy to use, also provides the right feedforward information for users. First is
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I haven’t used my apple products for music in a long time. Since my first iphone, I didn’t have enough storage for all of the music I listened to, but because the pandemic is draining us all, I had to cancel my subscription to Spotify and return to the Apple music app. The problem I
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Now that classes are back in session, I’m using Microsoft OneNote on a regular basis to keep my course notes organized throughout the semester. OneNote is a note taking management software designed by Microsoft – it lets users take notes through text, drawings, screenshots, audio recordings and more, while keeping their notes organized in one
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Insight Timer is an “app for sleep, anxiety, and stress”, offering a meditation timer and a wide variety of audio recordings such as guided meditations and relaxing music. This critique used version 15.12.0 of the Android app on a Google Pixel 4a phone. App Starting Screen When a user opens the app, they are greeted
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Adobe Acrobat is an application software available in both Windows and macOS for people to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in pdf. This article would critique the usability issues when saving and retrieving a starred file in Adobe Acrobat based on the framework mentioned in Don Norman’s The Design of Everyday Things. 1)
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America’s largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people in the 5,000-square-mile area fanning out from New York City through Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut. In 2020, MTA updated their Train Time App of both LIRR(Long Island Railroad) and MNR(Metro-North Railroad) to improve their
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This critique examines the NYC Covid-19 Vaccine website. The site is considered in terms of its layout and how its format can affect how visitors discover and use the information offered in it.
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