Research: App Design (Jake)

So I decided to work on research regarding news applications, to see if there are any similarities between them. That way I can know how to design the application for mobile devices.

First I decided to look at the RTÉ News app.

One thing that I noticed with this is that for the top of the app is blue with mainly a white background and all the buttons you want to click on are a darker shade of blue, with the button of the page you're currently on being the same shade of blue as the banner, with a white line above the tab..

The next news site I want to focus on will be BBC News.

Much like the website version, it is mainly white with a red banner on top with different tabs relating to different topics. This one actually has the same shade of red for each of the tabs, but they are differentiated by the white line underneath the current tab you're on.

If I were to give my thoughts on how these are laid out, I would say that they are laid out easily. What I mean about this is that the design of the applications are simple to use and for any newcomers to the application, it feels welcoming and clear to see.

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