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• This design allows the content to get to content strictly by searching.
• The search results page not only displays relavant media, but it also displays potential people, albums, or events in a separate grouping. This gives the user easy access to the result type they wanted. It takes limited scrolling to find what you want in the results so it is efficient to get the result you want, and it only requires one page load. 
• Search autocomplete aids the user in searching for relavant things. The user can search by person, event, date, or filename.
• The landing page also presents the user with recent activity in case the other parent recently did something they were trying to do. 

Large View

• The larger view allows users with poorer eyesight to navigate with ease. It also attempts to display things to the user in a friendly way.
•  The user will be less intimidated by the overly sized interface because they won't feel like they are missing something. 
• It sacrifices some efficiency by initially displaying media to the user one item at a time, however the option remains to see a grid like view of all the media. 
• The initial search for something can be made by person, event, or date. The calendar shows users which dates have files associated with them through color and mouse over pop ups.

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• All manipulation is done through entering commands and hotkeys.
• The command bar shows the current search query. Can use different keywords. A matching contents bar shows the pictures matching the query.
• Hotkeys can copy links to images, then can be shared as the users wishes.

Justin's Designs

Searching Design

• This design allows users to search for pictures, and it pulls up related ones as well. 
• It shows when devices have last been synced to the site, so users can have an idea of where the offline pictures they want might be.

Efficient Design

• This is the super-efficient design.
• Intended when users want to find and share pictures as quickly as possible, it leads them right through the steps.  
• Their linear progression to the right in going through all steps communicates to them exactly what they need to do next.

Ownership Design

• This design offers two alternatives for a graphical layout indicating to the user pictures that have been recently added to the site, and with whom they are shared with.  
• The first approach uses more orderly rows, while the second attempts to use Venn diagrams in showing pictures that are shared with different groups. 

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1. Learnability
   • Pros
     • Simple interface in terms of few buttons on home screen. This allows the users to know precisely what they can do.
     • Mosaic is catchy for the user. They are likely to hover over it with mouse, and learn more about its functionality.
   • Cons Cons#**
     • Some users might not understand the mosaic can move adding new pictures. Arrows try to convey this information.
     Efficiency

      2. Efficiency

• • Pros
    • Showing random pictures at varying sizes allows users to process a lot of data at once. Clicking on picture can get them to related pictures.
  • Cons
    • Overall process is geared towards browsing, which is inefficient if the user has a specific photo in mind.

       3. Safety

• • Pros
    • Users are processing a lot of data at once, but it takes a click to actually learn more, not just a simple hover.
    • Pressing escape or clicking outside scope of sharing/larger view window goes back to mosaic (easy to undo mistake)
  • Cons
    • Pictures are close together for the mosaic and user could potentially click on wrong photo.

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• Learnability
  • Pros
    • Brings user through a very straightforward progression of finding and sharing content
  • Cons
    • Does not indicate the possibility for other use cases, which could confuse the user if this is not what they are trying to do.
• Efficiency
  • Pros
    • Brings user through a very straightforward progression of finding and sharing content with no wasted steps
  • Cons
    • Directly intended for this use case; will not be efficient for browsing and other uses
• Safety
  • Pros
    • Users can progress through steps, but also easily go back steps if they want to make changes.
    • The effects of the user's actions on one step are shown on the next.
  • Cons
    • Needs better indication of search toggling between recent added/uploaded and all content

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