DigitalWizard

DigitalWizard was a free download and digital media manager which featured an intuitive and beautiful user interface.



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Context

As digital content became more and more prevalent on the Internet, it became apparent that downloading and managing this content was still too hard for many users.

Solution

DigitalWizard was designed to be an approachable, non-technical, elegant solution to managing downloaded music, pictures, video, and applications. The idea was to built a slick, task-based interface that improved upon Windows Explorer's file management.

What I Like

I like Web-like, task-based approach to the interface. I like the understated colors and vibrant icons. I think DigitalWizard did a good job of refactoring a familiar metaphor (the folder) into a less rigid shape.

What I'd Change

At smaller window sizes, the DigitalWizard interface includes a lot of text. This was initally inspired by the home pages of Yahoo, AOL, and others. I think that DigitalWizard's user interface could be improved by taking a more minimalistic approach, and including more whitespace.

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