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- Learnability
- 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.
- Entering in a search in the exploring page opens the results in a tab, which may not be adequate visible feedback for the user.
- 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
- A simple button or keyboard shortcut could be added to allow the user to open the last closed tab, similar to what Firefox and Chrome allow to prevent navigation errors.
Pulse
Managing:
Viewing:
Exploring:
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