Zhiyang (Rainie) – #ThursdayApp2

LOVRLOOKS

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lovelooks/id963732682?mt=8

Lovelooks is an app that allow people to browse the lated designers’ collection and to create personal outfits from those collections on the screen. Due to my personal interest in fashion, I found this app is really interesting and innovative in the way that it has made the experience of browsing designers’ collections like playing a dressing-up game. When I used Lovelooks the first time, choosing cloths to put on the model immediately reminded me of those dressing-up games that I played when I was a young girl.  It is both fun and very cute. On the other hand, it has also provided opportunities to people who may not be able to afford the designers’ collection to explore their styling from the designers’s collection. I feel Lovelooks is really a new “toy” to play with for people who love fashion.

 

Frame_Tao/Rainie_UI Design

UI Design PDF:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxu-j9eOkv5XcFdyZVhFZzNwdlE/view?usp=sharing 

Marvel:

https://marvelapp.com/5cbgg3h

Feedback & Iteration from Wireframe

  • It is not clear where the “saved list” is. Created a menu page at the beginning where the user can choose to go to the “saved list”, the “camera”, or “settings”.
  • Added a map view for the saved buildings to better provide the geographical context of each saved building.
  • Modified the listing of available unit types on the detail info page of a building. The list can be scrolled horizontally if it is longer than the screen size.

(Concept: Frame is an AR app that overlays rent information about any building on the street. We want to create a moment of serendipity for people casually looking for apt rentals while roaming around the neighborhood they like to live in. )

Frame_Tao/Rainie_Wireframe

 

Wireframe PDF:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxu-j9eOkv5XYlBLWFZuTEFqVHM/view?usp=sharing

Marvel:

https://marvelapp.com/2779b1g

(Concept: Frame is an AR app that overlays rent information about any building on the street. We want to create a moment of serendipity for people casually looking for apt rentals while roaming around the neighborhood they like to live in. )

 

 

Zhiyang (Rainie) – #ThursdayApp

The #ThursdayApp I found out that is very cool is the SkyView.

I like this app in the sense that it will allow the user to explore the universe at anywhere just with a mobile phone. Ordinary people can just point their phones toward the sky and SkyView will show you the stars, constellations, or satellites at that direction. And you can also learn more information about a certain star or constellation or satellite by tapping on its name. I feel this is a really cool and fun app to play with when you want to stargaze.

        

    

Zhiyang (Rainie) – Food App Final Iteration (Midterm)

  • Marvel Linkhttps://marvelapp.com/1f94cb8
  • UI Design PDF: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bxu-j9eOkv5XaXNlVlpBZ016VzA
  • Three changes from digital prototyping and user testing:

    1. add a chef hat icon below post image, based on the finding of user testing that first-time user did not know where to see the recipe of that post
    2. moved bookmark icon below the post image, based on the feedback that it might be not legible if the bookmark icon is on top of the image
    3. added a button for comments below the recipe, and it will link to a separated page for comments. This change was based on the feedback that the original comments section looks like part of the recipe.

    (Concept:

– An online mobile sharing community of people who have fitness goals to share pictures and recipes of their DIY meals

– A source for fitness diet inspiration from real people around the world.)

Zhiyang (Rainie) – 3 things learned from iOS Guidlines

  1.  While I was reading the Direct Manipulation, I have realized I did not pay much attention to this point before. By knowing it now, I think there will be a lot of opportunities to make the design around it and make the app more appealing by making the users feel physically manipulating the user interfaces.
  2. The Feedback is another part I feel I  ignored in the past when I did user interface design. In my understanding, the Feedback is meant to keep the users informed about the status of the actions they made. I definitely see this will make an app more user-friendly.
  3. The third thing I learned is from the User Control. When I did user interface design in the past, I tended to think more about my concept and more from my own perspective instead of from the users’. Definitely, in the future, I should think more from the users’ perspective and make designs that are for the users.