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When the user is asked to "Add 'Mason' to your friend list," the user completely misses the Friend Finder Search Bar. Instead, the user tries to find an "Add Friend" button in the tabs. When the user cannot find the button, the user searches the map next-- still not thinking to use the Friend Finder Search Bar. It is unclear to the user what the search bar does. When the user does use the Friend Finder Search Bar, further trouble arises because it is not clear if the Friend Finder Search Bar is searching in the user's pool of accumulated friends, or the site's entire user database.
Modifications applied to prototype:
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Modification 3: The Friend Finder Search Bar is outlined in bright red to attract user attention when they are scanning the interface.
Modification 4: When a name is typed and submitted in the Friend Finder Search Bar, search results from site's user database are shown and then a line is drawn. Below the line is an unfiltered list of the user's friends.
23. "Hiding From" and "Chat With" drag and drop design not intuitive:
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