The iPhone’s Keyboard: Pros and Cons

iOS’s keyboard, as one of the most commonly used keyboard, is a very well, fully developed keyboard system. It supports numerous of languages (including more than 2,500 emojis) and variety of layouts, and can smartly auto-correct the text in most cases. iPhone Keyboard in different settings. ( Left to right: English, QWERTY; Chinese (Simplified), 10 …

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Design Critique: OpenTable (Mobile App)

Founded in 1998, OpenTable is a web service that allows users to book restaurant reservations online. Through their website and mobile app, users can view restaurant menus, reviews, photos and earn reward points through using the platform to make reservations. Based in San Francisco, this free service has expanded to include restaurants throughout the United States and …

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Design Critique: Crunchyroll (Android App)

           Crunchyroll is an American licensing company and online community that serves as an online streaming service for Japanese Anime and Asian media. Originally founded by a group of University of California, Berkeley graduates in 2006, Crunchyroll’s distribution channel serves over 23 million online community members worldwide. While the full website …

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Design Critique: Calculator (iPhone Application, iOS 11.2.5 version)

The calculator application simply defined is a digital calculator. It can perform the most basic mathematical functions (such as addition/subtraction) all the way to solving more complex algebraic problems (such as logarithmic functions). For brevity, I will mainly focus upon the interface attributes that are present in the basic calculator mode (Refer to Figure 1 …

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