Reflection for Google Reader

My final reflection is on Google Reader. This program is useful and marketable for a variety of people, making it meet the principle of equitable use. It provides the same means of use for all users and settings. It can also be changed to be more or less private and secure. This type of technology is flexible in use since it provides a design that accommodates to a lot of different people. For instance, people in the business setting, teachers, students, moms and dads, and even just the average person that might want to gain ideas from different RSS feeds and can subscribe to the different feeds through Google Reader. For instance, with me wanting to become an elementary teacher I subscribed to the feeds called, “kids and glitter, smart class, and teach it with class” all pages that have given me some helpful ideas for my future classrooms. The Google Reader is very easy to follow, making it designed as simple and intuitive. There is a “search reader” on the top of the homepage helping aid someone in need of searching for a specific article to help them out. Google Reader does not meet the principle of perceptible information since it lacks differentiated elements, adequate contrast between essential information and its surroundings, and does not provide the different modes. This software also lacks the design of tolerance for error and does not provide a feature for avoiding errors. This technology is made with a low physical effort design, though, since it is easy to look up needed RSS feeds and articles you urge to acquire. It is much more simpler than having to look information up in books. Google Reader also does nothing to support the principle of size and space for approach and use since it does not require accommodations for contrasting user’s needs.