GR6 - User Testing
Design
One of the most important design considerations that we changed from our paper prototype to our final design was to allow the user to create events from the homepage, in addition to search for them. We recognized that the important distinction between our two main classes of users, party-goers and party promoters, was their primary tasks were searching and creating parties respectively. The original design only had a search bar on the main page, which only allowed partygoers to look for their event. If the search came up empty, there would be a link to create an event. This is not ideal for the party promoter because the interface is not easily learnable nor is it accessible. Therefore, we created two toggle buttons on the homepage to allow both user classes to easily access their primary tasks from the homepage.
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Lastly, we made some cosmetic changes to the splash image to reduce its look as a button. Some users tried to click on the splash image, for no reason but that they wanted more interaction. Because each image has a border around it, it gives it the slight affordance that makes it look like a button. Thus, we removed this border to make them look more like pure images.