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Prototype Version 1.0

1. Home 


 1. Dog Information
        Your dog's information (name, age, location, etc) 

2. Upcoming
        A calendar view of upcoming events followed by a list view.
 
3. History
        Links to the past events, to enable reviewing of previous meetups.
4. Notifications
        A blinking notification alert on top right to indicate new updates.

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1. Search Bar
        To enter an address for with the added option to use current
location with a "Current Location" button.   
 
2. Results
         Results are populated with the option to switch between a
List View and  a Map View using the tabs at the bottom
 
3. Profile View
*          *Clicking  Clicking the any result item will load the corresponding
profile page.

4. Profile


                   
1. Basic information
         Basic details regarding the dog 
 
2. Comments
        Reviews of the dog by other dog owners who had previously
had scheduled a meetup with this dog.

3. Meet-Up
        A button to schedule a meet-up with this dog.

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 A list of dogs previously met-up with to schedule a new meet-up.

1. List of Dogs:
            All dogs previously met-up with. Clicking on dog will open up 
the dog's profile.
2. Search / Filter :
           An option to filter or search for a specific dog, if too many dogs 
are listed.

Briefing

This application is intended to find and schedule meetups with other dogs in your locality. For this scenario, you may assume:

  • You have already created a profile for your dog.
  • You are currently logged into the website.

Scenario Tasks

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Task 1 : Respond to the invitation from 'Lassy'

Task 2

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: Search for dogs in your locality, and schedule a meetup with 'Cupcake'

Task 3

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Review a previous meetup with 'Allen'

Observations

Users' Feedback:

User 1 :

  1.  Show current date in the calendar for scheduling a meetup* Separate date from time. It’s ambiguous. Possibly put it on the next line
  2. Location field could be a pop-up of map when scheduling an event
  3. Misspelling a letter might cause a situation
  4. Also users might not know exact location -> Placeholder should support exact and similar locations
  5. Default message of invitation helps user to understand he/she is expected to send
  6. Review meetup. Buttons looked like pictures
  7. Change history to past events
  8. Switch upcoming meetings to the left

User 2:

  1. Accept/Reject Page : Availability is not obvious
  2. Hitting Calendar for “Meet up”
  3. Hit’s previous meetups title for meetup

User 3:

  1. Hit Meetup -> cupcake to review Allen (mistake)
  2. Hit History title/Review to review => affordance not good.

User 4:

  1. Calendar on Schedule meetup(Not clear whose calendar)
  2. Show both people’s calendar on schedule Meet-up
  3. If privacy a concern, show only free/busy info
  4. No need of profile  on the home page. IMP
  5. Bump up Previous/History to top of home page. make it more visible
  6. Unclear where the comments in review went
  7. In case of negative comments, don’t show the commenter’s name
  8. Show ratio / % of people who metup and  who left comments - sign of good dog (but people could be lazy)
  9. Important to decide how to handle negative ratings (need to decide)
  10. One possibility is owners can see only positive reviews/comments
  11. Autocomplete map and date time entries on the schedule meetup page
  12. Javascript for modal pop-up for map and date-time on meetup schedule (this can be prototyped using pop ups in the paper prototype)

Summary of Users' Feedback:

Home Page
- History section is not obvious, and links to reviews need better affordance
- Profile Info is not necessary on home page

Summary of User Testing:

Home Page
- There was a learnability issue with the "History" section since the intended use was not clear to the users. Users took
  time to understand that this section could be used to review previous meetups. One user clicked on the "History"
  title expecting to see all past meetups.
- Users suggested that your own dog's Profile Information need not be displayed at the top of the home page.

Search Find Page
- Search bar placeholder shouldn't only show an address. Two users felt that this they were expected to enter a complete
  address conforming to the placeholder rather than a general location.
- Multiple users suggested that the Search bar should have autocomplete auto-complete capability for better efficiency

Schedule Page
- Unclear which of the two dog's calendars are being shown.
- Calendar needs to indicate the current day
- Separate the time text field from the date text field
- Use autocomplete and/or a modal popup for Location to improve efficiency

Review Page
- Unclear where the reviews are going after posting

There were multiple learnability issues with this page. Multiple users struggled to use this page to schedule meet-ups,
  warranting a rework of this page.
- It was unclear as to which dog's schedule was being shown in the calendar.
- Having the Date and Time fields on the same page, but having auto-populate capability (by clicking on calendar) for only
  the date field and manual input for the time field confused the users due to inconsistency.
- The current day was not indicated on the calendar, further hindering the users while selecting a date for the meet-up.
- Users suggested having an auto-complete option for the location (based on previous entries / popular locations) along
  with an option for a pop-up with a map-view.

Profile
- There was a concern regarding negative reviews being shown on the profile page of a dog. One user was not comfortable
  having their name showing up along with a negative comment they posted for a particular.
- Additionally there was suggestion to show a simple rating which would be easier to compare dogs rather than having to
  read all the comments in the page to judge if the dog was a suitable match for their own dog.Profile
- Negative reviews should not be shown

Second Iteration

Profile Page
- It is unclear what the buttons on the list of upcoming events leads to
- Home page is too cluttered. He suggested removing the calendar and just keeping the list, or having a tab where you can toggle between list view in calendar just like how are search page is with the map

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