LocaShareGR2 - design 3

This is the place where new LocaShares
are initiated. Joe wants to share his location
with Bob during this trip. He also wants to
share his current city with his mother
Alice. Both of these can be set up here.
From the system perspective, there are
many parameters associated with a location
share. In order to limit the number of these
settings that users have to deal with explicitly,
 in this design we use sharing types, which
are essentially templates of settings.
Joe can set up his two shares as Vacation
shares -- a vacation share defaults to all
the time and is not a radius share. The
choice that Joe is presented with is whether
he'd like to share just his exact location or
just his current city. For Bob he's going to
choose exact location, and for Alice he's
going to choose current city.
After the trip, Joe wants to set up a different
 LocaShare with Bob, where Bob can see
whenever Joe is in his neighborhood. This
is an In Your Neighborhood share.
These shares are based on a location-- this
way, Joe doesn't have to reveal to Bob
where he is all the time-- just when it's
relevant to him. The place should be
relevant, and so should the time -- Joe
chooses to share with Bob only when
he's in the neighborhood in the evening.
Out and About sharing is meant for sharing
whenever you're in one of several specific
places. For instance, Joe may want to let
his friends know what places he goes to
eat and how often he goes to them.

Cons:
- Few recognition hints are provided in
this interface which 
makes it hard to learn.

 - Scrolling area may become too large.
What does custom time mean? An
example would be helpful here.

- The pre-defined
lists puts a burden of information in the
head. Giving an example of the type of
information that will be share will be
helpful.

- Inconsistent settings (9-5 M-F
or 5-12 7 days)

Pros:
Having pre-defined
sharing permissions
enhances efficiency.

Cons:
"In Your Neighborhood"
screen
wants
the user to enter/search for
places.
The
model that the user would have is
that
the current neighborhood
location
will be automatically shared.
System
model seems to contradict this
one.

Pros:
The interface speaks the user's
language by using "Share My City"
and "Share My Exact" location. This
 will prevent misunderstandings
on the part of the user.

The user may inadvertently
give incorrect permissions
for the contact. A confirmation
dialog will be helpful.

Pros:
The design offers good
visibility of
the essential controls
and settings.

Providing a list
view offers good
visibility.

Recall that Joe is looking for
Bob, who isn't there to meet him.
From the home screen, Joe clicks
on People and then finds Bob.
By staying in the "now" tab, he
can see Bob's exact location on
a map.

Pros:
- Design has external consistency
with other mobile apps

- Provides visual feedback by showing
the map.

- It speaks the language of the
user since the labels are easy to
understand.


Cons:

Pros:
- The current location is clearly
shown to the user. Easy to
view in a couple of glances.

Cons:
- The user has to browse through
the entire list of contacts to spot the friend.
Having a search feature will be more efficient,
since that is externally consistent with other
mobile applications.

Neutral:
- Might press on
Alice when you want to view
Bob. This can be solved by
using the back button on the app.

Pros:

Cons:

Pros:
- The map is large on the screen
and provides strong information
scent by showing only
 the essential details.

Cons:

Deals are offered based on proximity.
Joe is at the resort and is looking to
buy some ski gear. He sees that Rei
 and Walmart are offering deals. He
is more of an REI kind of guy, so he
explores that deal, and finds out that
Rei is willing to give him 3% off of
his purchase if he agrees to share
with them whenever he is at an
Rei location. He signs up by clicking
Sign Up.

Pros:
- The arrow (>) is
externally
consistent
with other
mobile applications
in
indicating that there
is additional
information to be viewed.

Cons:
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Pros:

Cons:
- If there are multiple
nearby stores providing
offers, the user has to
manually scroll through
the entire list to spot offers
that he is interested in.

Having a search feature will be
more efficient.

Pros:

Cons:
- The user may inadvertently
agree sharing location information
with Rei. The design lacks a
confirmation step to prevent such
errors.

Pros:
- Important details (from
the merchant and from
the user) are clearly
communicated.

Cons:
- The exact meaning is not
conveyed. What does it
mean
to "tell them". What
exactly
will LocaShare tell
them? Providing  a sample
message showing
data that will be
given to the merchant
 will be helpful.

Joe's mom Alice has access to Joe's city-location
 and wants to view it. She hits People from the
home screen and then selects Joe.
She clicks on the History tab to see a list of
places Joe has been.

Pros:
Since this screen is easily accessible from
that in task 2 (thus
providing internal consistency),
this task is easy to learn.

Cons:
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After the ski trip, Joe wants to stop sending his location
 to Bob.  First he browses to the share by clicking on
Bob in his contacts. He sees the Vacation share,
and can click on it to view the details of the share.  
He can then delete it either directly from the
details view, or by returning to the listing screen
and selecting it from there.

Pros:
The mechanism to delete is externally
consistent (the minus symbol) with other
mobile apps.

Cons:
The design does not provide
affordances for the user to learn
how to navigate through the steps
described.

Pros:
Enabling deletion based on
the pre-defined settings can
reduce the need to view detailed
information that the contact can see.

Cons:

Pros:

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Pros:

Cons:
Only the names are displayed on the first
screen. It would be helpful to show a hint
of the actual information that the contact
can see.

By selecting My LocaDeals from the home screen,
 Joe can see the deals he's currently participating in.
Clicking each one displays details regarding that Deal.
They can be deleted either from the details view or
from the list.

Pros:

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Pros:

Cons:
The user can inadvertently delete
a commercial contact. No undo
mechanism.

Pros:
The information seen by Rei is clearly
conveyed to the user. Visible information.