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Analysis:
  • Learnability
    •  Tabs Tabs are a commonly used navigation tool for Internet browsing, making them easily learnable. 
    • There are no affordances for hovering on the item images to let the user know that further information is available if this action is taken.
  • Visibility
    • Tabs allow for visible navigation state.
    • Editable boxes for item information on the managing page only appear upon hovering over the item images, making this ability less visible.
  • Efficiency
    • Because hovering on an item is an indicator of user interest, immediately opening item information on hover provides good anticipation.
    • Editing item information on the managing design or seeing further item information on the viewing design requires continuing to hover over the item's image, which may be detrimental to efficiency.
  • Error Prevention

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  • Learnability
    • Use of Facebook, Twitter, and email icons is externally consistent with many other websites.
    • Heavy use of images for wishdexes and shopping items allows for good information scent, and is consistent with the design of other shopping websites.
    • There may be feedback issues when the user attempts to add a new item using keywords or a URL because of the time needed to process the query. Progress indicators will definitely be needed.
  • Visibility
  • Efficiency
    • Filling in the item information using a query of URL or keywords makes use of defaults and reduces the time needed to add an item.
  • Error Prevention
    • There is currently no way of recovering a deleted item, but an undo feature in the managing designs could be easily added.