This week outside of class, I read the assigned readings from the first class. In Mobile First, it basically discussed the growing trend of internet applications on phones and smartphones. The author pointed out the many capabilities and constraints of creating an application for your website, which I found to be very interesting. A capability that he mentioned was that since people are using their cell phones more often and have them almost all the time on them, that an application is alot more convenient than getting on a desktop computer. Another capability is the fact that mobile devices are a lot cheaper than buying a desktop, and many people use their mobile devices as their main source of accessing the internet. I enjoyed the fact that he said to embrace your constraints, such as the smaller screen size, which allows you to focus on what the user really wants to access on your website, but negative constraints such as spotty internet connection at times are a problem.
The article on medium.com by Helen Tran discussed her opinions on the fact that emotions should be included in interactions and animations in order to better engage the user and make them feel like there is somebody on the other side of the design.
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