Poor Design and Battery Vampire
I thought that this app would be a good other language augmentation to the Museum’s exhibits, which are all in German. The utility of the app itself is pretty good, as the English commentary was done by an understandable English speaker, and corresponded with each appropriate display. But there are some major design flaws that hamper the usefulness of the app.
The poor design aspect of the app is where there’s an option to type in an exhibit number, but the problem is that it doesn't register input at all. It took me some time to figure out that I could do most of it through the map, but it’s quite counterintuitive to have the number input prominently placed in the app, only to have it not work right.
Moving onto the next issue, battery consumption. I was at this museum for about two hours, and I was using the app for less than that. At the end of my time there, there was a very noticeable battery drain on my phone. Going in to the battery stats, it showed that the app was responsible for about 20% battery drain, which is crazy, as it’s essentially just an audio player.
The poor design aspect of the app is where there’s an option to type in an exhibit number, but the problem is that it doesn't register input at all. It took me some time to figure out that I could do most of it through the map, but it’s quite counterintuitive to have the number input prominently placed in the app, only to have it not work right.
Moving onto the next issue, battery consumption. I was at this museum for about two hours, and I was using the app for less than that. At the end of my time there, there was a very noticeable battery drain on my phone. Going in to the battery stats, it showed that the app was responsible for about 20% battery drain, which is crazy, as it’s essentially just an audio player.
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