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In this design, Blanco is first presented with a login page, where he enters his user name and password. Upon logging in, Blanco is directed to the client's home page, where he can either click on the 'Search for photographer' button, or decide to review a photographer. Blanco clicks on the 'Search for photographer' button, and is then directed to a page where he can enter his desired search parameters. He enters Boston as the location at which he would like to receive the photography services, on the 4th of July starting at 8am. In the budget textbox, he indicates that he is willing to spend between $5,000 and $10,000. He then clicks the 'Search' button to proceed. This directs him to a page where he is requested to confirm his search parameters. If he is not satisfied, he can click the 'Back' button to re-enter his parameters. Blanco is satisfied with his parameters, so he clicks the 'Proceed' button to conduct the search. Blanco now sees the results of his query. His search parameters are at the top of the page, and his results are below. Blanco uses the provided scroll-bar to look at the first few photographers, and decides that he would like to hire Emilio's services.
- Learnability
- Starting page is a series of forms consisting of textboxes and buttons, which is familiar to Internet users.
- Wizard Pattern helps guide the user through the stages.
- Visibility
- Having search parameters at the top of the results page makes it clear what was searched for.
- Efficiency
- Confirmation page increases time taken to view search results.
- Error Prevention/Correction
- Confirmation page gives a chance to check search criteria
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