Coding Ambitions

To familiarize yourself with User Interface and User Experience it is of great benefit to critique an application you are familiar with. I reviewed a local business' application I frequently use for this example. The Online Liquidation Auction (OLA) application provides online bidding for new, used, and salvaged products: clothing, tools, décor, recreational, electronics, appliances, and more. The application's landing page utilizes blocks of photo wheels for each auction, with start and end dates provided beneath the photo wheel and auction name. OLA is straightforward in design and usability, displayed in Image 1. The user selects an auction to load the product lists, which provides the item number, main photo, and the option to bid, star, or set a max bid amount. The user can see the time countdown to the end of the bidding period for each item and can click on the name or image for more pictures, retail price, and condition. The auctions default to the "All Items"...