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- Efficiency: users don’t have to go to a new page to do edits; they can make changes as they appear. For example, when looking at his profile, a photographer may notice a required change in their 'About Me' section. The photographer can make this change immediately instead of going to a new page, editing one of many fields and clicking save.
- The The profile page looks exactly the same for photographers as it does to users. This way, a photographer can see exactly what potential customers would see without having to sign out and view their page as a user.
- However, editable fields are not easily discoverable. We therefore decided to use the following redundant clues to make this feature more apparent:** Background color changes to yellow upon hovering on editable fields (consistency with Flickr, a website which photographers would be familiar with)** Cursor changes from pointer to an 'I' bar to signify editability
- Dashed light gray margins around editable areas
Prominent Elements
An important design decision on the photographer's profile page was which fields to make prominent. We opted to have the following elements stand out (tested using the squint test):
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