The NYT Cooking app is a recipe discovery and cooking guide developed by The New York Times, a popular American newspaper company with over 11 million subscribers. The app stands on its own apart from other NYT content, dedicated solely to helping users explore, save, and cook tested recipes from NYT Cooking editors, chefs, and […]
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The Formula 1 application is the main app of the sport to track races in real-time and stay up to date with events. These updates include news, videos, and highlights of past, current and upcoming races during the season. Users can track teams, drivers and use the data from races to follow the sport closely.
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Strava is a fitness tracking app offering seamless activity logging, route mapping, and social engagement, For this critique, I will examine the experience of a first-time user recording and uploading a run and assess it through Don Norman’s design principles from The Design of Everyday Things.
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The NYC MTA App serves as a critical tool for people located in New York, providing commuters with information to seamlessly commute in one of the largest transit systems in the world. However, the MTA app, while trying to help the user, can sometimes fall into a slight flaw of overwhelming the user. After reading
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The Zoom application is a common platform used for hosting or joining virtual meetings on the go. The app offers video and voice call functions that are highly discoverable and affords great usability for users. However, areas for improvement still exists around currently used terms and new features that may be unfamiliar to users. Meeting
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The Discovery of the Google Home The Google Home is a smart speaker that doubles as an home automation hub developed by Google. It allows users to control various smart devices, access information, and perform a range of tasks through Google Assistant. Despite being just a speaker, it serves as a central command system that
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In Fall of 2024, Apple released its first built-in eye tracking feature as part of it’s suite of accessibility tools. This allows iPhone and iPad users with physical or motor disabilities to navigate their devices using only eye movement, without the need for external sensors or accessories. iOS devices are not known for being affordable,
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Large Print Materials- Design Large print books are an example of a product which makes reading and learning easier and more comfortable for people with and without low vision. Typically, large print books use font sizes between 16-18 pts, as opposed to the 10-12 pt fonts found in standard print books (Kitsap Regional Library). The
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Siri is Apple’s AI-powered virtual assistant, integrated into the company’s devices like iPhones, iPads, and Macs. It enables hands-free interaction through voice commands, assisting users with tasks like messaging, navigation, and scheduling. As an assistive technology, Siri enhances accessibility by enabling hands-free control, voice dictation, and screen reading, supporting users with disabilities and making technology
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iOS Live Captions is an assistive technology available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac that provides real-time spoken audio transcriptions across various digital and in-person communication formats. Live Captions converts spoken audio into on-screen text, enabling people to follow conversations, phone calls, online videos, and streaming services without relying on interpreters. This feature is particularly beneficial
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