3 - Jon Burris

www.pandora.com

For my 2nd Blog I chose Pandora. But now I'm focusing more on the tool bar Pandora offers. Pandora is an Internet Radio website that allows you to explore music and customize what you listen to.

The design of Pandoras tool bar is simple and gives the users all the tools they need to navigate the website right there without scrolling up and down the page. It allows their users to come back to Pandora and glance at Pandora after surfing the web. This ables the user to quickly pause, play, up, and down a song and see what song is playing instantly.

The colors of Pandora's site and tool bar are very interesting to me. It uses a darker dull blue that fades out and the rest of the page uses many shades of a darker blue When I visit Pandora, the colors enhance my mood to want to listen to music. It gives me that vibe of relaxation and the initiative to listen to music.

The overall purpose of Pandora's toolbar was to give users the simplicity of managing their music without the overhaul (ex: iTunes). Users don't have the hassle of downloading music, searching through libraries, and creating playlists. Pandora gives their users the full experience of a variety of music and playlists directly in their tool bar that without inconveniences.