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2. Minor (visibility): One user initially thought the status text field was for searching.
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The status text field says "your status message" when it's blank, but once a status message is submitted, there are no other hints what that text field is for. To alleviate this issue, there is enough room on the left-hand side of the status bar to include the label "Status: "
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This issue was acknowledged in pilot testing and originally deemed a cosmetic graphic design issue. However, the fact that our test users had significantly more trouble with the task, plus one user having to ask how to complete the task, we now consider this issue a major learnability issue. The solution to this issue remains the same as previously described in our pilot testing results.
User Testing Results
User testing was conducted on three students who have never taken either course and have never been educated in user interface design through any other sources. These students were recruited simply by asking friends if they would like to participate in our user testing and letting them know what the time commitment would be and what would be expected of them before they agreed. The results of our user testing proved to be much more interesting than our pilot testing. Some of the issues our users had were unexpected, and it was surprising that each had the same exact intuitions. Our user testing brought to light the following issues.
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