Summary:

Task:

We were given 3 screens taken directly from a Gmail account, and asked to recreate them in a short timespan of 40 minutes.

Compose

Compose

Main Screen

Main Screen

Menu

Menu

Initially, when given these images I thought it would be easy and not time consuming, but as soon as I approached the main screen it proved otherwise. I realised that I was struggling to do a simple task because I don’t work well under pressure. Also, I was taking probably the longer approach than the quicker way of doing things too.

https://www.figma.com/design/HACurBxoHHQetT1Mpv0aHM/Task%3A-Gmail?node-id=0-1&t=oNtrzkcPXjmkvucc-1

My attempt:

As you can see below, I didn’t get that much completed in the timeframe. I am satisfied with what I did get done though. Although, when Ronan showed us after the easiest way to do it, I see what traps I fell into, which came me behind.

Screenshot 2024-11-22 at 21.54.50.png

Issues I discovered:

Reflection: