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One major decision we made was to keep the corkboard metaphor. Though we received mixed reviews about it, we decided to keep it after our heuristic evaluations mentioned it as a good design decision. While testing with other class members, we found that the primary issue with the corkboard background was that it made the background too noisy. We found the response to this choice to be much more positive after desaturating the background and reducing contrast.
To-Do List 
Edit Mode
Our heuristic evaluators all wanted ways to delete and edit tasks, and complained about the lack of safety in task creation. We decided to forego an undo button in favor of an edit mode that would allow users to easily correct mistakes, as well as make changes to tasks that have been on the list for a while. Clicking a button puts the list into edit mode, where users can edit or delete any tasks in the list.
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