First product - Facebook website
What is the actual purpose of the product?
The first product I am looking at is Facebook which is an interactive social networking website where people can communicate with each other and share post of anything they want to their friends and family. The purpose of the site is to allow people to connect to one another making it easier to communicate over a distance of space helping people with long distance friends of family, sharing interests, creating a community with friends or group colleagues and making messaging, calls, picture sharing easier. So the purpose is to make interaction easier and simpler where ever you may be (otherside of the world, overseas or round the corner). |
Some of the interactive features are tabs these allow you to click on them giving you further information about them including recent activities. For example the picture to the right is the interactive face I received after clicking the "world interactive button " at the top which is notifications. This is a tab down showing me all more recent notifications making it easier for me to know what is going on or what is being said about me.
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The next product I looked at was The BBC app, this is available on IOS and Android. The purpose of the app is to inform and educate the audience about current events in the world including politics, crime, science etc. The app is a news app that cover everything happening in the world today . This app falls under journalism for an interactive product and coves all times of news.
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There are a lot of benefits of the app:
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There are also a lot of limitations to the app:
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There are a lot of benefits to the app:
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There are a lot of limitations as well:
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The design components and layout.
The amazon webpage and the app have similar and different components and layout. For example a similarity is that when you first open the Amazon app and the website, the first thing you see is the advertisement, this is normally for "Echo" but sometimes there's other amazon products like Prime. Another similarity is the fact the font stays the same as well as the logo being always at the top, letting the user at home know what site they are using site. This allows the app to be known what every platform its on with its easy to read company name with the mustard yellow colour and the simple font. Another similarity is the search bar, this is displayed at the top of the app homepage as well as the amazon website this just makes it easy for the customer to easily access the search bar and find what they want. Also "Your basket" remains in the top right corner on both the app and the website. However when comparing the too, there are some differences for example the search bar tabs are different on the app, there is no option to change the department you search either you put it in before in the menu bar at the top left of the app homepage or after searching and filtering the search to a specific department, which is a hassle when you want to find a product quickly so this is not very sufficient. Another difference on the search bar is that there is no microphone or camera displayed on the search bar on the website |
The interactive features of the product
I feel like when I compare the app and the website the website has more interactive features, as just on the home screen you have plenty of tabs, buttons, links to press whereas on the app, there seems to be mainly a menu with a few buttons. However both websites have interactive drop bars and tab menus that allow you to access further shopping departments. |
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The design components and layout.
The design of the website and the app are very similar using the same colours and font style. When you come to the website you don't have to sign in to do revision whereas on the app you have to sign up and create a profile, this is done so they can get your specific classes and subject you take making revision easier whereas on the website you have to search through tabs to find the subject you take. On the right is the home screen for BBC Bitesize app, it displays your subjects so you can get straight into revision. Compared to the Website homepage above where you have to click 'secondary' or 'GCSE' to get to the subjects. Also you could click 'all subjects' to get a dropbar of different subjects. The BBC Bitesize logo remains at the top reminding the user what app they are using. The subjects are displayed differently, with the app they are more appealing compared to the homepage subjects after clicking 'all subjects' its only words. |
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The design components and layout.
The layout of the website and app are similar as the both homepages show popular shows at the top and further down are recent episodes of loads of different shows. Both the app and the website have the dark grey background colour as well as the company name. However the sponsor of the app is at the top next to the company name on the app being O2. Another similarity is the search button where the user can search for show to watch. However the the live button is right next to the search button but on the website it is in the button section at the top of the app. Below the most popular is the continue watching section that allows the user to keep watching their show. This feature is available on both app and website. The font is the same from website to app, with the logo displayed on the face of the most popular show today. |
The interactive features of the product
I feel like both the app and the website have a lot of the same interactive features and are very similar. For example, the interactive search works the same on each platform. Another feature is the user can sign in meaning they are able to get the 'continue watching' feature which is on both platforms. However on the the website you are able to share what you are watching to social medias like Facebook but the app doesn't have this option. The app, when you first open it, has a notification option that alerts you when your show is on, but the website doesn't have this option. |
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The website has many hyperlinks with the picture which allows the user to click one and take them to that page. If the user clicked "Best of Drama" on the picture above it would take them to a page with many dramas on them. However I believe the app is more interactive as there are options for the user to be notified when they favourite shows are being aired or a new episode is up. Both the app and website have a search bar where the user can look for shows they want to watch. Another feature on both is the ability to sign in and tailor both platforms to your preference by watching shows then having similar shows come up making them both personal. However the website has a feature the app doesn't which is to share what you are watching now using the hyperlinks for sites like twitter and Facebook.
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The interactive features of the productBoth the app and website have interactive feature that make both easier for the users. This creates a more enjoyable experience for the user.
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