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StreamBrowser is implemented mostly in javascript with some php. Everything is implemented in one page, and different things are ajaxed in and out based on the request that is sent. Finding the streams are done by making calls to third party sources (currently, only justin.tv api). The viewing history is stored as a cookie on the user's browser. This allows the history to work without having to go through a login system, but on the other hand if a user has multiple computers then the viewing history will not go with them. Since users usually don't want to make new accounts for small features, we feel this is a good tradeoff. It would still be possible to implement a login system later.
Evalutation
TODO:
-How did we find users?
Users
We took users from people that we live with in our living groups. They are certainly in our target population, especially the gamer population, who tend to be college-age and good with computers. However, our user group does not represent well older people that might want to use this service, as well as people who are more computer-illiterate.-How representative of the user population are they?
User Brief
This is StreamBrowser, a site designed to help you find live internet streams. Channels are grouped by categories and are searchable. We want to emulate the experience of TV channel browsing for internet streaming.
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