 | Storyboard
This panel is where Phyllis would create her new trip. It is a lot like the multi-city mode for Kayak.com First she would log in, which would bring up her view and automatically start her in this tab. Then she would enter her starting address in the first textbox at the top (which has address autocomplete). In the next textbox to the right she would enter her preferred departure date by typing it in or using the standard calendar widget. She would also choose a time from the dropdown menu, whose default option is "anytime" but also includes options like "early morning", "evening" and then specific hours.
She then proceeds to enter all of her planned stops along the way, using the same functionality as the starting point. She also chooses a "type" for each location using radio buttons which include "client", "hotel" and "other" which will aid in later auditing. She can add additional stops by clicking on the "Add destination" hyperlink which always appears at the bottom of the list.
She can also view previous trips by clicking on an item in the list of links on the right, which includes a scrollbar if she has many trips. This may help her fill out the current trip if she visits many of the same clients and can't remember an address, for example. The scrollbar is in a separate view.
When she is done entering stops, she clicks the "Generate Trip" button, which will display a map of the trip and suggested meeting times along the way in a separate screen. | Visibility
Some good aspects of visibility is the navigation state is provided by tabs at the top so she knows what mode she is in. There is good information scent by using standard widgets like calendar icons, radio buttons, dropdown menus and hyperlinks.
Some problems with the visibility may be the list on the right of the page obscuring lots of previous trips. Also, it does not show the map or suggested times of the trip until the user presses "Generate" | Learnability | Efficiency | Errors Explanation |
