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3) Compare the recipe you found to the original recipe, without any substitutions.
Observations
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User 1 (at this point task 2 was task 3 and task 3 was 2):
- Didn't use any dietary restriction buttons
- Succeeded with task 3 before task 2, but had a lot of difficulty with doing task 2 without a reset back to the previous 'page'
- Clicked the logo to go back to the homepage when he was very stuck
User 2 (at this point the tasks were in the order as written above):
- After clicking custom button, tried to dismiss the pop up but realized that there was no way to do so
- Forgot to click vegan as well as custom since he got so wrapped up in custom
- Seemed not to understand fully what a vegan dietary restriction is like; we realize that we are not testing our user group specifically
User 3:
- Was confused about symbols/keys at the top of the results page; thought symbols should only be those that match his results
- Noted that the symbols that are crossed off look like they are the ones not currently in use
- Had no way to know that substitutions were a part of the website, was confused when we assigned a task about substitutions; was confused about the idea of an 'original' recipe
- Suggested profiles or saved search states
At this point we did an iteration as described below in the iteration section.
User 4:
- Pressed search before pressing any of the dietary restriction buttons; recommended putting the search bar below the restriction buttons
- Said restriction buttons almost looked like ads underneath the search bar
- Was concerned that substitution of cashews for peanuts was not necessarily valid because nuts are all often processed in the same facilities
- Said to think about nutritional yeast as a substitution option; look at The Anarchists' Vegan Cookbook for other real-world substitutions
- Suggested adding a way to add more dietary restrictions after a search
User 5:
- Confused about plus button when adding items to the custom list
- Didn't realize substitutions were a thing; suggests displaying both the original and substitutions at the same time
User 6:
- Forgot to click vegan because of how complicated custom is
- Said that the original/substitution toggle is not apparent
Rob Miller:
- Said that it is unclear whether multiple dietary restriction buttons can be clicked
- Said search bar could be underneath dietary restriction buttons for clarity
- Commented on peanut/cashew substitution as well
- Said that the task of finding where to buy beansprouts taught him about a functionality of the interface that was not apparent; assumed that clicking on substitutions would only talk about why the substitution is the substitution, not about location, etc.
- Clicked the wrong side of the original/substitution button; said it was confusingly rendered although it may still work or not work when rendered in a browser
- Suggested showing the original/substitution recipes side by side, perhaps graying out or striking through the ingredients that were substituted for (and the directions changed)
- Pointed out that we're going to have to think about amounts to substitute, e.g. how many beansprouts are worth how many eggs
Prototype Iteration
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