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Dimension | Pros | Cons |
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Learnability | > There are several dimensions that the user can search based on, so the user can learn quickly what sorts of keywords to input. | > Since there are a few search boxes, the user may not know at first what types of keywords to use to get good results according to what he/she wants. |
Visibility | > Uploading photos and entering comments gives feedback right away. | > The "View photo" page does not show other pictures in the same search results or those made by the same poster. The user doesn't know where "Prev" and "Next" would take him/her. |
Efficiency | > The search boxes and some of the few useful pages of the website are always available on the left bar | > The user needs to upload one photo at a time and click "Add Photo" to add the next one. There is no way to upload photos in batches. |
Error Prevention | > Photo information can be corrected using the Edit Photo page | > Some people may supply incorrect photo information, which leads to contaminated search results. Since only the uploader can change the photo information, that error may persist for a long time. |
Design 2
The home page prominently features the four different search types that are available. Under each search bar there is a thumbnail of a photo and corresponding word or phrase that is representative of that search type (e.g. "Nature" for type of photography). Tiled below are randomly generated
thumbnails of photos from the database that also fit the description of the larger photograph. On this page, viewers can search for photographs or
simply click around if they aren't feeling imaginative. Anyone can register and log in via the link at the top right. Users, once registered, can comment on and post photos. Paul can tell right away that he will be happy posting his pictures here, so he clicks "POST A PHOTO", but he must register first, so this brings him to the Register page.
Paul puts in his information and clicks submit. (Note: Textfields for "First Name" and "Last Name" would not be required fields).
After submitting his information, he is re-directed to the log in page, where he logs in and then begins posting a photo.
Paul uploads a file of a photo he took at Joshua tree, fills in the location, date and writes a brief caption. He clicks submit.
He immediately sees what his post looks like. He sees that there is an "Edit Info" button available to him but he his happy with his post. He leaves
the website and later on calls his aunt, Valentina, and lets her know that he posted the photo. Valentina types "photo talk" into google, her only confident
course of action on the web. Luckily, it is the first hit. She loads the page and sees the home page as depicted in the first sketch. She navigates to the
"Photographer" search bar and types in her nephew's name, "Paul Jones".
His name comes up so she clicks his name to see his photos.
His personal page loads and she can see that he has posted one photo. She clicks the thumbnail and it loads the display page.
"What a beautiful picture", she says to herself. She decides to tell this to Paul the next time they talk, rather than comment on the page. Meanwhile,
Colby, a seasoned PhotoTalk user, signs on and is feeling nostalgic about his home state. He searches for "Joshua Tree" in the location search bar on the home page in order to satisfy this nostalgic feeling.
The thumbnail of Paul's photograph is enticing, so he clicks it.
He loves the photo, but can't help but notice that the photo is of a California juniper not a Joshua Tree, as the caption says. Since he's already
logged in, he clicks "Post a comment..." and writes: "Awesome photo, man, sure makes me miss home. That's a California juniper, though, not a
Joshua tree!" A few days later, Paul decides to log in to PhotoTalk again.
After logging in, he sees the My Photos button at the top right and decides to see the status of his original photo before posting anymore.
He notices there is 1 new comment so he clicks to see what has been said.
He's happy someone already saw his photo, but feels a bit silly for having misidentified the tree in his caption. After clicking "Edit Info"
he is brought to a page similar to the "Post Photo" page where he changes the caption of the photo and clicks "Fix Post!"
After viewing that his caption successfully updated, he makes a post in response to Colby's post.
Design 3
The main page looks like this.
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