Week 9 - Examples of Ergonomics and HCI, Success and Failure
Thoughtful and context dependent design in mobile interfaces
Since the advent of mobile phones, websites have evolved to scale their interfaces to fit a small screen. However, the layout of mobile websites were often designed as an afterthought rather than a native experience.
Often, the website takes too long to load, the buttons are too small, icons discernible and the font of the text unreadable in a small screen. Coming a long way since the era of Palm and Blackberry personal devices, smartphone prevalence heralded an interesting approach called "native" or "mobile first" user interface (UX) design.
One such example is that of contextual hidden navigation
Example of Catastrophic design
In 2017, Juicero sold a juicer which required a phone app to operate the device. Not only did it require mandatory wifi access, an app needed to be downloaded to use the machine. So much for Convenience!
This example exceeds the case of "solution looking for a problem" in stupidity creating more problems and hassle than necessary. So much for "InNoVative" startups. I hope your IQ doesn't drop from reading this case study.
References:
https://pixelfridge.digital/8-amazing-examples-of-mobile-first-responsive-navigation/
https://careerfoundry.com/en/blog/ux-design/10-classic-ux-design-fails/
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