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Task 1: Add Social Contacts

Storyboard

Learnability

Efficiency

Safety

Visibility

Recall that Joe is looking for
Bob, who isn't there to meet him.
From the home screen, Joe clicks
on People and then finds Bob.
By staying in the "now" tab, he
can see Bob's exact location on
a map.

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No irreversible actions
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Can view the location information that Bob can
see in a glance.

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Task 3: View offers and opt-in to create commercial contacts

 Storyboard

Learnbility

Efficiency

Safety

Visibility

Deals are offered based on proximity.
Joe is at the resort and is looking to
buy some ski gear. He sees that Rei
 and Walmart are offering deals. He
is more of an REI kind of guy, so he
explores that deal, and finds out that
Rei is willing to give him 3% off of
his purchase if he agrees to share
with them whenever he is at an
Rei location. He signs up by clicking
Sign Up.

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Task 4: View aggregate information of social contacts

 Storyboard

Learnbility

Efficiency

Safety

Visbility

Joe's mom Alice has access to Joe's city-location
 and wants to view it. She hits People from the
home screen and then selects Joe.
She clicks on the History tab to see a list of
places Joe has been.

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No irreversible actions
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Task 5: Edit social contacts

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After the ski trip, Joe wants to stop sending his location
 to Bob.  First he browses to the share by clicking on
Bob in his contacts. He sees the Vacation share,
and can click on it to view the details of the share.  
He can then delete it either directly from the
details view, or by returning to the listing screen
and selecting it from there.

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The user can inadvertently delete
a commercial contact. No undo
mechanism described.

No undo action described.

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Can view all the location-sharing
information with the social contact in
a quick glance.

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Task 6: Edit commercial contacts

 Storyboard

Learnability Learnablity

Efficiency

Safety

Visibility

By selecting My LocaDeals from the home screen,
 Joe can see the deals he's currently participating in.
Clicking each one displays details regarding that Deal.
They can be deleted either from the details view or
from the list.

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The user can inadvertently delete
a commercial contact. No undo
mechanism described.

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The information seen by Rei is clearly
conveyed to the user. Visible information.