App Registration Page
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The app has a much more simple design and layout than the website, with less navigational options.
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The app has less options in ways you can navigate the app and takes the user through a process, by clicking options on a multiply of pages before being allowed to get to the needed information and having to scroll through to get back to the page you want to. Where as on the website, there are sidebars that include links of related topics within the subject they are revising.
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Bitesize Website
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Bitesize App
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The design components and layout
The design of the website is similar to the app, by having the homepage presenting their newest programmes first. The layout is the same with the sections separating by recency, most popular, box sets and all exclusive. The difference is, with the app, you have to register or sign in straight away before viewing the app whereas with the website, you can view the channel's content without signing in. |
The colour scheme also remains on the app, with a black background and white search tab bar at the top.
As an app, the information content and navigational elements had to be compressed instead of being presented at the top. The logo is kept in the same position to be clear to the users. |
The interactive features of the product
I think the app may have more interactive features than the website, because it requires a registration and then the user is brought to a guide/promotion of what the app includes. On the app, the users can also download episodes they want to watch offline on the go. |
Viewers can also watch trailers of television series on the app and the website. Channel 4's website has also created character profiles for fan favourites with images and descriptions. Each t.v show on the app, the ipad and the website include a brief description. The user on the website can hover of the image of the show to see the description and on the app, it is featured before the play button.
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Channel 4 Website:
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Channel 4 Mobile App:
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Channel 4 iPad:
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The design components and layout
On laptop/computer devices, the layout is more spread out and because it is on a larger screen, the user can make faster movements with a high quality. The design components on the phone are similar to on the computer, with the same use of colours to keep it's signature look. The structure layout is slightly different in terms of order and navigational elements, as the user is taken to a loading page which is when ads are sometimes included for the game and company. On the main page of both platforms, characters can be selected and settings can be changed. |
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Website
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App
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