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Server entry of the daily special
This UI element allows for the server/menu owner to upload a daily special to the menu. Clickable photo area allows the server to search their personal photo drive to upload a picture taken in the restaurant. Combobox of known ingredients is used to populate an ingredients listbox of known ingredient types, and a separate combobox is used to annotate substitutions. Text entry input is included for the food name and food description.
Pros:
- The combobox with an add and remove button allows for a safe design. No opportunity to misspell a word that would be used in a search.
- Food item takes majority of display to allow the server to know that he selected the correct word.
Cons:
- As the size of the ingredient list grows, the efficiency of the combobox input drops.
- Menus and forms approach used for data entry might affect the learnability of the interface
User search of restaurant specials in the area
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Upon login to our application, the user is presented with a list of participating restaurants with specials in the area. Only daily specials are shown for each participating restaurant. A dual list box is populated in the bottom right that either shows the diet restriction itself, for example the "South Beach Diet" or the list of ingredients in the special
Pros:
- Efficient design to both advertise and explore food options in the area.
- Allows for populating
Cons:
- Limited ability to provided to peruse an individual restaurant
Menu inspection with focus on "Safety"
Wei
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Yewen
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Patrick
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Scenario
Sasha browses the restaurant's menu over on FoodAware. She filters the menu by her restrictions and preferences and she sees an item she wants but it conflicts with her diet. She sees that she can make a substitution on the menu and makes a vegetarian substitution on that item. She then proceeds to the restaurant and orders the item through her server.
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