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h2. Table of Contents
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h2. Design

Design decisions changed somewhat drastically after each stage of prototyping and user testing. 

*After early prototyping:*

Significant changes were made during this phase of the design. Our prototype was tested by three users. We got the following feedback from our users.

*User 1 :*
# Show current date in the calendar for scheduling a meetup
# Separate date from time. It’s ambiguous. Possibly put it on the next line
# Location field could be a pop-up of map when scheduling an event
# Misspelling a letter might cause a situation
# Also users might not know exact location \-> Placeholder should support exact and similar locations
# Default message of invitation helps user to understand he/she is expected to send
# Review meetup. Buttons looked like pictures
# Change history to past events
# Switch upcoming meetings to the left

User 2:
# Accept/Reject Page : Availability is not obvious
# Hitting Calendar for “Meet up”
# Hit’s previous meetups title for meetup

User 3:
# Hit Meetup \-> cupcake to review Allen (mistake)
# Hit History title/Review to review => affordance not good.


We made the following design decisions. 
* The calendar on the schedule should show the current date. The date should be separated from the time. We kept the location field as a text field.
* We changed history to past events.
* We changed the buttons for the review.
* We switched the position of upcoming meetings on the home page.

*After heuristic evaluation:*

Our heuristic evaluation turned out to be quite favorable. We consolidated our feedback and the following design changes. We identified the need: 
* to standardize photo sizes for consistency in our layout
* to change font for regular text to standard fonts
* to rephrase the "meetup" button
* to standardize the time zone
* for better affordance for review buttons
* to improve the search results page
* to show the previous in the reschedule page
* to show specific confirmation alerts
* to not use a textbox to display date/time on the schedule page

We took this feedback into consideration in finishing up the design of the interface.

*After user testing:*

User testing still revealed shortcomings with interface that might have been difficult to perceive earlier. 

h2. Implementation

The website has been tested using Google on the Windows 8 and Mac OSX platforms.

h2. Evaluation

Our user testing involved the following tasks:

{color:#500050}{*}Task 1{*}{color}{color:#500050} : Respond to the invitation from 'Lassy'{color}
{color:#222222}{*}Task 2{*}{color}{color:#222222} : Search for dogs in Beacon Hill and schedule a meetup with "Cupcake"{color}

{color:#500050}{*}Task 3{*}{color}{color:#500050} : Review a previous meetup with 'Allen'{color}
{color:#222222}{*}Task 4 :*{color}{color:#222222} Reschedule the meetup invitation from 'Tony'{color}


h2. Reflection