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As nice as their trip to Paris was, unexpected things do happen. Jenny and Stephanie had a big fight over whose hair is the nicest, so they are no longer friends after bitter disagreements. Jenny no longer wants Stephanie to see her photos in "Paris Trip" so she will be able to modify membership of the group and permanently remove Stephanie's access to "Paris Trip". Sad ending.
Designs
The following tables summarize our three designs. Each table shows the three main functions of our website: create group, upload photo, and view photo. The first column shows the relevant design sketches and the next four columns analyze the design's advantages and disadvantages.
Design Idea 1:
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Elegant & Simple
Storyboard | Visibility | Learnability | Efficiency | Errors |
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| Pro:
- Create group is on the top most level, so it allows and encourages more group creation
- User has to click on the icon to see what creating a group requires
Con:
- Somewhat dissimilar to the album pictures even though they appear in similar layouts
| Pro:
- Conceptually implying that creating group is the first step to have a collection of photos, since it is on the same level as other photo stacks
Con:
- Do not have a very clear suggestion of friends that are available to be invited
- Requires recall rather than recognition for friend names, emails, etc
| Pro:
- One click step to create a new group
Con:
- Selecting from a list is possibly more efficient than typing individual usernames
| Pro:
- ?
Con:
- Only the text strings are the identifying information about users, user could confuse similar usernames
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| Pro:
- All groups that this user belongs to are in one place
Con:
- Less interaction with other groups due to less exposure
| Pro:
- Very simplistic layout that correlates with groups
- Photo stacks and individual photos draw attention to the difference between collection of photos and individual photos
Con:
- ?
| Pro:
- Drag and drop operation for uploading, more intuitive and efficient than dialog box
Con:
- If one photo needs to be uploaded to multiple groups, it needs to be dragged to multiple groups
| Pro:
- ?
Con:
- If photo is uploaded to the wrong group, the user has to go into the group for removal
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| Pro:
- No disruption to viewing when uploading photos
Con:
- On groups with lots of photos, user may not be able to see the upload photo icon at the bottom
| Pro:
- Ample affordance once user starts to drag and drop files
Con:
- User may not understand that drag and drop from file system works with browsers
| Pro:
- Simple drag and drop operation is the only step required to upload new photos to groups
Con:
- Browser window has to be resized for drag and drop to work
- (It could potentially be difficult to implement folder dropping.)
| Pro:
- Status bar allows user to cancel at any time
Con:
- ?
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