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  *\[Learnability: Affordances\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="532f8470097fa0ce-1a3b6af0-4162410d-85179334-174b9f6198f7cb0781f629a0"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[User did not exhibit difficulty in locating the Friend list Button. Picked it out correctly on the first try.

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  *\[Learnability: Misleading Affordance\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> It looks like you can edit the users profile information. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="61e4209890dcb870-b14a0706-49a1494c-9ade9a92-c66e9e6297a8d138d3364d5c"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Lack of Feedback\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="e0880880a14a866c-52b797e5-49234abc-a316b194-da14a44b8d550674546275c3"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[After the request to Zoey was sent, the user expected the app to return to the friends list showing he had sent an invite to Zoey rather than returning to the home page.

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  *\[Learnability: Misleading Affordance\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> The notifications button looks like a messenging button. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="41f279d98e280cb3-ed6057b2-45bb4ed8-af9c9381-10c3b6aa1cca3c6a55992eff"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Efficiency\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> If you have this information of your friends, why not just text them to meet up? \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="dbff78b14c2eb75e-a632818d-457d483f-99f8bc7e-c0b25efa93278792c3ad8080"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Efficiency\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Liked the drop down windows for friends, events, and notifications. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="a8355dc19d05e68a-300124ac-4eb5425f-8f298274-fb173431d7c568df1173e29d"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Confusing the User\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Thought there were too many fields in the create event page. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="92c40468f5a82712-43beecfc-44dd4004-beda95e9-55708396d72af1d54c84b251"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Unclear Affordance\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> The user took a while to notice the check boxes in the invite friends page. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="397d96945c5bb683-c4fa14be-41a54312-a35da4b9-decaf48f08a09af2d01a127a"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Unclear Affordance\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> User was unaware how to get the time wheel off the screen. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="b3a87fcfd74866b5-441a5a3e-40a949dc-91fd8be8-1920b16415e4a8b03bad94eb"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Lack of Affordance, Different Conceptual Model\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> User would like to change the name of a location. When they clicked building 26, they wanted to change it to something that conveyed more information such as 26-204. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="526422f711a6743a-38fc8706-4a294ffa-aaefa814-a94220381ebb24a0e5579d7c"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Lack of Feedback\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="c2d5f0bd3ee514f1-f3777e1e-4d6c449b-8835bd9c-a2884ab0a874ca1cd0b54d7c"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[Would like a pop up notification that fades away informing them that the invite was sent.

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  *\[Safety\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Having an “Accept Without Changes” button seems error prone when changes are made.

User was not presented this task.

• User liked the idea of being able to visualize the locations of his friends when creating the event.

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  *\[Learnability: Affordances\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="ef0d83bf808b5cd8-aac04496-45614cca-bd328287-eac28770a173ee8ada94cf99"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[User did not exhibit difficulty in locating the Friend list Icon. Picked it out correctly on the first try.

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  *\[Efficiency, Learnability: Lack of Feedback\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="f6299ea0eb509e28-71b501c0-48854c1e-9abf8708-e109d3cb79797fc03ce4638d"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[After sending the friend invite, the user would go to friends to see some confirmation that the invite was sent.

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  *\[Learnability: Unclear Affordance\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Unsure how to get the time wheel off the screen. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="62f9cbb1515b888e-c88f6a90-414040c3-b92e8a6f-a9a4a36d7eea388fbda9e94a"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Confusing the User\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Didn’t see much need in an end time.

User was not presented this task.

• Clicked and dragged event pin rather than clicking on a new location.

• Liked the lines connecting the people to the locations
• It was not obvious that event proposals could be changed, only knew because it was a task.
• Was not obvious that you could click the map to change the event location.
• A “Propose Change” button might make it more obvious that you can change the details of the event.

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  *\[Learnability: Affordances\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="c18227faae40d364-9c60deea-467a4218-9c648d8a-96b5be6bcb741f9d6fe7446a"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[User did not exhibit difficulty in locating the Friend list Icon. Picked it out correctly on the first try.

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  *\[Safety\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="e403b24501816fba-1ade7431-4ded4817-84348849-0194f18e226b6cd55da438dd"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[User didn’t bother to read Zoey’s profile.

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  *\[Learnability: Confusing the User\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Don’t need to have a time zone in the event page. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="6d816fe48897bb28-62a7d2f8-496a4d93-a267ad01-af3fec148ac6bf5ba61d6334"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Confusing the User\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Need accurate text for the search bar on map, at the time it said to search for friend location. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="f5694298cf82f813-3e52861e-45514161-8bf7a831-53219f710221457991bb86dc"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Lacking Affordances\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="a580bb19c0b05a08-eb22f03e-459a4f7e-b7f0b9ab-256aba842bd2cc66632d2f2b"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[Can it show the distance of the people from the event?

User was not presented this task.

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  *\[Learnability: Unclear Affordances\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> Couldn’t tell that you can change the event location by clicking the map. &nbsp;Instead tried to click on the location field of the event notification. \\ \\ <ac:structured-macro ac:name="unmigrated-wiki-markup" ac:schema-version="1" ac:macro-id="c077cdf6250e7ace-e67519e2-494f4289-ae83ad8d-b0426c5d9f249b813517334b"><ac:plain-text-body><![CDATA[* *\[Learnability: Unclear Affordances, Confusing the User\]* \\]]></ac:plain-text-body></ac:structured-macro> When the user got to the map to change the location they said that it didn’t seem like you could. &nbsp;Assumed you could drag and drop the location pin. \\

• Allow people to invite their friends to an event.  Possibly use open/closed meetings.
• When inviting friends to an event you could sort them by distance or by frequency of events you attend together.
• The app is somewhere between informal and full contact management. The right way to do things may not be easy.
• The tasks were intuitive but might want to reevaluate the tasks that we are aiming for so we can identify what we are missing or how to make the app better.
• The app could possibly suggest places to meet or store personal defaults.

Action Icons/buttons on home page

Action icons were of the same color as action bar but in darker shade

Action icons are replaced by prominent and easy to locate buttons

Actions buttons are retained

Extra buttons on home page

Extra buttons did not have any functionality attached to them at that time.  

These buttons were removed.

in the "select location" page inside "create event" work flow now has a button on top right corner labeled "filter".
this button is used to modify the filters for location suggestions generated by application.

search Search bar on home page

The search bar on home page is empty has a search button and a span button.

Search button is removed. the bar now performs incremental adaptive search.

retained Retained from the previous iteration design.

help text as default text in search fields of
home page and add friends page Default text inside Search Bars.

All the search bars had "Search" as their fragile default text.

the new There is Help text as fragile default texts are in each search bar.

  Home Page Search bar says "Search for Friend by Name"

  Add a Friend : search bar says "Search by Name of or MIT Account ID"

  Select Location : search bar says "Search by Building Number"

default Default texts are retained from earlier previous iteration design.

close buttons on pop up opened on tapping the action buttons

Pop up menu can be closed by tapping the same button that was used to open it.

Pop can also be closed using the "x" button on top left corner of the pop up menu.

retained from earlier design.

Confirmation dialog after adding a friend

a Dialogue box pops up when user adds

Confirmation dialog after adding a friend

a Dialogue box pops up when user adds a friend, asking whether they are sure or not. 

Confirmation box is dropped. 
message appears that friend is added and fades away in 10 seconds.   

Retained from the previous iteration retained from the earlier design.

adding Adding a friend takes you back to home page or search for a new person to add page ?

takes you pack to home page.

...?

Takes you back to home page.

Takes you takes you back to search for a new friend page.

takes Takes you back to friend list.

event Event page

more Contains fields for data entry

simplified

closed /open event option added

for: 

1. Title 
2. Start Time 
3. End Time 
4. Time Zone
5. Participants
6. Location

Simplified and now contains fewer data entry fields. 

1. Title 
2. Start Time 
3. Participants
4. Location

A new options is added, to specify if the event is closed or not. 
invitees can add more participants if event is not "closed event" and the "+" button against participants in RSVP page is enabled.  

Setting time of event

Time was automatically inserted, and could be changed using the numeric keypad

Ticker was introduced.
End time is omitted.

Ticker is retained, but now it has

setting time of event

time was automatically inserted, adn could be change using the numeric keypad

ticker was introduced, end time is set by default to one hour after the start time

ticker retained, but now it has a button "done" which when pressed will hide the ticker.
end time is omitted

time zone

dropped

dropped

will hide the ticker.
Start time is by default set to one hour later, and has the affordance of a click/tap, and when tap will bring up the ticker. 

Time zone in Create Event page.

For consistency with other smart phone application "Time zone" field was there in "Create Event" page. It was by default set the user's current time zone and is un-editable.

Time zone field is dropped

Time zone field is dropped

Setting location while creating event.

Location can be typed or selected on map

Location can only be selected on map showing all the invited friends

The "Location" field in "Create Event" page is affordance for click/tap, and when tapped it takes user to a map. Map shows

setting location

location can be typed or selected on map

location can only be selected on map showing all the invited friends

1. Location of friends selected as participants. 
2. Three Pins drops from the top on 3 suggested locations on map. 
3. A "Filter" pop up opened up on the right side which enlists important considerations user might have while selecting a place for meeting. user can check the check boxes against it and tap the hide button on top right of the pop up. By default the first option "near all the participants" is selected. 
   When user taps on a building, a list of meeting spaces available in that building will show up, sorted by the count of filter criteria each place meets, with icons against each place showing which selection criteria it meets. 
   user can click "other" to type in a location name which will then be added in the list.  
   
   tapping an item in list will bring user back to map view and a Confirmation Dialogue will show up at the bottom of the page. with name of location on it. 

rsvp confirmation page

contains 2 buttons "accept" "decline"
in case user made any change in the event plan, "accept" button is replaced by "propose changes" button

confirmation box is omitted

confirmation box is omitted

rsvp page

contains event details only

contains event details and rsvp responses on rsvp response buttons on the same simplified page

response page is simplified and affordances showing that user can edit event details and propose changes are added. 
"+" button against "Participants" field is disabled if the event creator specified the event as "Closed" 
a "revert changes" button is presented to user initially disabled, but if user change something, it is enabled so that in case user realize that they made an error they can undo.