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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:

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    Con:
  • Only the text strings are the identifying information about users, user could confuse similar usernames

 

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:

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    Con:
  • If photo is uploaded to the wrong group, the user has to go into the group for removal

 

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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