Introduction As designers, we always hear how important it is that our deliverables ensure user engagement and interaction, elicit responses and delight. This focus on engagement is pervasive, from how successful UX is measured to auto-play, and gamification – design elements meant to get users involved with their devices. But what is the psychological impact […]
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Introduction During my time supporting a US defense project, I found myself more privy to my privacy needs and started using a Google Voice number as an alternate to my real number for calls, texting and online usage. Google Voice gives you a phone number for calling, text messaging, and voicemail. It works on
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Source: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mymta/id1297605670?mt=8 Introduction The MYmta iPhone app is a travel app designed to provide relevant information related to New York City’s many public transit options: subways, buses, LIRR and Metro-North rail services, and the Access-A-Ride program. The app allows for real-time scheduling and service changes, as well as personalized settings and trip planning, and station
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Introduction: Lyft is a transportation company that provides users with online ride-hailing services through a mobile application. The application matches on-demand riders with drivers and also allows payments through the app. Lyft operates in approximately 300 U.S. cities and provides over 1 million riders per day. Critique 1: Home Screen When opening the Lyft app,
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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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