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The page to the right begins with an empty note, with  the same "Done" checkbox at the bottom. There is a cursor in the text box, indicating that Ginny can enter text using the Android on-screen keyboard when the text box receives focus. Ginny enters her laundry instructions. Three boxes and captions at the bottom right indicate how Ginny wants other users to be able to interact with her. The crossed-out Phone shows that Ginny does not want to receive calls about her laundry; the second box indicates that she would like others to be able to text her about it, and the third indicates that she would like to receive a notification when her laundry finishes. These boxes can be toggled to On/Off via a tap. Ginny taps done and returns to the home screen (shown above).

Analysis

Learnability

This interface has a few learnability issues. The choice to use icons to display the different machine types was meant to reduce the amount of text involved in the interface. However, the icons in the final product (if this design element remains) need to be carefully chosen to be as intuitive as possible. The "water bucket" icon for a washer is pretty reasonable, but the "box with a port hole" icon for a dryer is not. The arrows muddy up the design with needless complexity; perhaps another way could be found to describe the state of the machines. 

Efficiency

Safety