Gadgetory

hey guys it's joe from pocketnow.com in my last video i showed you the IMDb app for android not because i like IMDB particularly but because of the app because of the way it was designed in the way that it worked the way that it was logical and the way that it just flowed through all of the information let's face it IMDb has a lot of information to present to you well in this video what I'd like to do is carry on that same theme and show you another app that does things just really really well this one's the USA Today app again not a fan of the content itself but the app really bears showing to you so let's go take a look ok this is the USA Today app and as you can see it carries over from the IMDb app the multi navigation model if you will we've got tabs across the top four headlines scores weather pictures and snapshots down underneath that we have categories under an information bar this information bars where the branding takes place USA Today here on the IMDb app that was up at the top and kind of eating up screen real estate I mean let's face it these screens are small enough already so efficient use of that space is great you'll notice when I go over here to scores I still have this USA Today brand but I have scores right next to it on whether at USA Today whether so I'm utilizing more of this bar but I'm still carrying my branding across so that's a very good thing in my opinion of course if you your opinion varies leave comments to this video and to this article to let not only myself but Android app developers know so that they can build better and more user friendly apps apps in a more elegant and just function intuitively and well so that's it back to the app here let's go over to top news we go into top news and you'll notice that the color coding of this bar underneath changed top news is kind of a dark navy blue news is a lighter blue money is green I wonder why that is sports is red life is kind of a burgundy so each one of these sections is color-coded very nice to know at a glance you can tell exactly where you are at a tap now you can go right into the article and then you've got your typical scrolling which is very good go back and you can scroll up and down so really nice to get there let's go over to weather and I'll show you what I like here right now I'm in the national weather maps i can scroll this down and see my current location with the forecast very nicely animated very easy to scroll and this has one more navigation technique I guess is the best word for it that I'd like to show you we're looking at new york's weather but you see these three little dots down here i can scroll over and the dots change position so i know what screen i'm on I know where I am in relation to the other data so i can go through my tabs i can go through my sub menus I can go through my slider or my accordion panels and I can even go side to side and it's all very intuitive and very quick and very fluid I'm not a fan of USA Today the newspaper but I really am a fan of this app but I'd like to know your opinion what do you think did they do a good job do you like how it looks does it function well I'm isn't intuitive to you developers do you think that you could do something like this in your app if you've got an app out there or if you don't yet and you've watched this video and think you can improve your app or can improve what your app would have been based on the information included here we would love to see what you've done before and after screenshots would be great or if you can even reply with a video showing the old version of your app and the new version after you've taken these UI elements to heart then built them into your app we'd love to see that kind of stuff I'm going to request that everybody viewing this comment on this video about what they like and don't like about current android apps this one in particular so that you developers can take that message from your user base to heart and build better apps because the better your app is the more likely it is we're going to download it and keep it on our phones the more likely we are to spend to buy that app and the more likely we are to tap on ads inside that app so it's a win-win for everybody so that having been said if you like this video and would like to see more give it a thumbs up if you like this type of video or into smartphones that all subscribe to our channel then if you want to contribute to the conversation rather than just be a casual observer please comment below so again for pocketnow.com I'm Jill Levi