Design 3
Scenario for finding a photographer
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- 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
Design 3
Analysis of Design 3
- Learnability
- Looks similar to flight/hotel booking websites
- Presence of tab bar with different actions (e.g. "find photographers", "review photographers") makes it easy for new users to get an idea of what they can do with the site
- Visibility
- Search criteria is always visible in the sidebar area
- Highlighted tabs to show the task they're performing
- Number of results and pages shown to get an idea of how many photographers are available
- Efficiency
- Dynamically update results
- Slider to adjust budget range instead of typing numbers
- Primary and secondary sorting of search results for efficiency
- Error Prevention/CorrectionÂ
- Effects are immediately visible, and actions are easily revertible (e.g. toggle checkbox, select a different option from dropdown)
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