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- 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
- Some users might not understand the mosaic can move adding new pictures. Arrows try to convey this information.
- Pros
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- 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.
- Pros
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- 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.
- Pros
Design 2 - Safety
Step 1
- User wants to find pictures of a birthday party.
- The user logs on, and is able to see recently added/shared pictures from their spouse, as well as the state of devices that upload to the site.
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