• Apple Watch and Nielsen 's Heuristic of Consistency and Standards. Apple has become one of the leading technology companies in the world. They consistently evolve in technological advances that help improve the accessibility that society has become to enjoy conveniently. The Apple watch is one of the latest of the company’s advances, having placing the conveniences of a phone into a watch. The Apple Watch has been developed to maintain the consistently seen in the phone into the watch. The menu titles are fluid with the actions needed to be taken by the user. They are well labelled and scrolling can be done horizontally or vertically to navigate the device. The standards allow the user to navigate the device in an easy and understandable
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It was a trailblazer in allowing users to customize radio stations based on their favorite artist or songs. Pandora is known for its ability to keep users engaged with its consistent design and navigation. The design of the application catches the attention of the user the artist album cover, play bar, and artist information, these are all essential to the current time of the song is playing. The structure of the menus are fluid and all actions to be taken by a user are clearly defined. When prompted questions and answers are easy to understand such as that when you skip or dislike a song, to ensure a better user experience. The Pandora application has not changed or updated in some time, in order to complete with other emerging online radio applications, they would need to incorporate other accessibility and technological …show more content…
It also allows the ease of making reservations in a user’s hometown or while travelling so users feel better educated. Opentable has managed to create a website that is very user centric and can be navigated amongst any demographic. “The more visible functions are, the more likely it is that users will be able to know what to do next” (Rogers, Y., Sharp, H., & Preece, J. 2011. P. 26). Opentable manages to consistently use visibility as one of its primary user centric elements even in international markets. The consistency and standards heuristic amongst Opentable, Pandora and the Apple watch, are easy examples of doing it right. Even with potential upgrades to the user interface, the possibilities of these standards will continue to follow platform
It was a trailblazer in allowing users to customize radio stations based on their favorite artist or songs. Pandora is known for its ability to keep users engaged with its consistent design and navigation. The design of the application catches the attention of the user the artist album cover, play bar, and artist information, these are all essential to the current time of the song is playing. The structure of the menus are fluid and all actions to be taken by a user are clearly defined. When prompted questions and answers are easy to understand such as that when you skip or dislike a song, to ensure a better user experience. The Pandora application has not changed or updated in some time, in order to complete with other emerging online radio applications, they would need to incorporate other accessibility and technological …show more content…
It also allows the ease of making reservations in a user’s hometown or while travelling so users feel better educated. Opentable has managed to create a website that is very user centric and can be navigated amongst any demographic. “The more visible functions are, the more likely it is that users will be able to know what to do next” (Rogers, Y., Sharp, H., & Preece, J. 2011. P. 26). Opentable manages to consistently use visibility as one of its primary user centric elements even in international markets. The consistency and standards heuristic amongst Opentable, Pandora and the Apple watch, are easy examples of doing it right. Even with potential upgrades to the user interface, the possibilities of these standards will continue to follow platform