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Problems in
design 1

1.  Home screen is not 
   conveying sufficient
   information for the
   tasks described. 
2. All three users tried 
   clicking on Joe's photo 
   on the home screen 
   to view information 
   that Joe's friend can 
   see about him.
3. One user said that "I would
   turn off the app since it  
   does not convey useful  
   information when I
   turn it on."

1. All users thought that
   "Friend" and "Deals"
   beside "LocaShare"
   (at the top of the
   screen) was clickable.

1.  The "My LocaShare"
   and "Bob's LocaShare"
   are confusing. First,
   users cannot recognize 
   it's a button. Second, the
   meaning of the arrow 
   direction is rather 
   confusing.
2. Users have the mental
   model to click on his on
   picture to view how
   friends view me instead of
   clicking on my friend and 
   exchange the position.
   
3. User habitually assumes
   that the picture on the 
   upper left corner should
   be me rather than my friend.

1. Users tend to be overwhelmed
   by so many settings in one page.
2. The two chart (pie chart and the bar graph) 
   on this screen seemed to convey the same  
   information.
3. Users are unable to know what changes they have
   made.

Solutions for
design 2

1.  Make home screen more
   interactive, carry more 
   affordance and relevant 
   information.
2. Make Joe's photo 
   clickable.
3. Make it more intriguing to 
   users.

1.  Remove the
   confusing
   "Friend" on the
   navigation bar, since 
   it does carry any
   functionality but brings
   confusion to users.
2. For simplicity and
   internal consistency in
   a single page, we
   move "friends near you"
   to the home screen
   and only keep the lower
    part.

1.  Move this functionality to
   the profile picture in the 
   home screen. It brings user
   to a personal profile like
   page with a list of friends to
   choose from. 
2. Try to avoid putting two 
   profile pictures in the same
   page at the same time.
   
   

1.  Use a tab menu and have a page
   for each setting. It also allows user
   to skip some settings.
2. Since both the graphs in the preferences screen 
   seemed to convey the same idea, we decided to
   use only one to make the task 
   more efficient for the user.
3. We provide a summary page to let user know 
   the changes they have made.