DPD, what's going on here?

The DPD app is very weird...

So I had a parcel being delivered today, and to track it I downloaded the DPD app... it's a bit of a mess. For some reason the home icon is a popcorn cart, and the history button is a bonfire, if that does not throw you into a heap of confusion let me know.

Now, the icon choices may just be for bonfire night (I certainly hope so), but the app has more UX problems than that.

  • A block of text is not easy to extract information from

  • "View" button does not explain your action

  • The tracking number "1597...." is not particularly

  • Package history doesn't seem like a major option, so probably doesn't need to be in the bottom nav bar (in the 'more' page makes more sense).

  • I would think most people come to track a parcel, so let's make that more prominent.

I took a little while to update the UI, users should now be able to skim the parcel page more easily, and not be overwhelmed by text and very colourful icons đŸ˜‚.

Let me know if you think I made an improvement!

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