Week 6 : Instagram is easy + Buzzfeed is hard

Week 6:

GOOD UX: Instagram

Instagram seemingly recreated Facebook, stripped out all of the content, and distilled the experience down to what people truly want and have time for, pictures alone. This model is still relevant and is the app that I can always look at for just a few minutes. Always updating, always changing, never boring.

BAD UX: Buzzfeed

I really have trouble with overly busy app screens. There is too much hierarchy among the headlines, subheads, and body copy. I feel like it visually resembles a classified ad, but is even harder to soak in the info.

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Week 8 : Apple gets an A + Google gets a G

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Week 11 : Persol is cool + Ray-Ban is bland

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