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At the top, there are 3 main tabs: Find A Photographer, Write A Review, For Photographers. The homepage is the Find A Photographer page. It is a series of questions about the details of the type of photographer sought for the event. It has questions such as the purpose of photography (wedding, fashion, advertisements, ...) and what kinds of outcome is expected (prints, albums, ...), how long the photography session will take, if a 2nd shooter is needed, and the budget for the event. If the user knows the photographer's name, he can just type it at the top and get results without going through the questionnaire. The questionnaire is concluded with a big Find A Photographer button.
After the initial questionnaire, we see the questionnaire items on the left in a vertical bar. They are always visible and can be changed, with immediate impact on search results. At the top, the number of results is displayed along with options for sorting the data. In the lower right portion of the page, which takes most of the space, short descriptions
Analysis of Design 3 for finding a photographer
- 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/Correction
- Effects are immediately visible, and actions are easily revertible (e.g. toggle checkbox, select a different option from dropdown)
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