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Vincent starts by creating a new trip (Figure A in the picture). He enters in the destination
with a textbox that has autocomplete with locations. Since he will
be flying to Europe, he picks the plane icon, along with the male
 symbol. He then selects the 12 days he will be there using the
calendar module that appears as he clicks the date (Figure B in the picture).

Pros

- Easy to learn because there are simple icons that the user
sees which immediately describe what the icon represents
without unnecessary words (aka, picture of airplane = travel
there by plane)

Cons  

- Lack of text may be slightly longer for user to figure out whats 
going whats going on

Pros  

- Autocomplete provides efficiency
- Tapping on icons to select is simple and efficient

Cons 

Pros 

- Allows the user to reselect icons if the wrong one is
chosen 
- Allow user to reinput destinations

Cons

- After hit the "go" button, user cannot edit travel
information from screen, but instead has to delete the
vacation and make a new one

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After he hits go, a selection of items are selected and automatically
placed in his backpack (Figure A in the photo). However, because he is a hat-enthusiast, he
decides to bring along 12 hats with him, increasing the weight of his
backpack, and now notices that a luggage symbol has appeared,
suggesting that bringing just a backpack may no longer be appropriate (Figure B in the photo).

Pros 

- Easy metaphor: items can be dragged into container, just like
real packing
- Container changes based on # of items making it
easy for the user to see how much stuff they could fit into a
main menu because at the top of the screen but may be
difficult to be difficult to pick which one is the category you want (example:
what does the "tie" icon represent, accessories or formal wear?)

Cons

Pros  

- Drag and drop provides efficiency

Cons

- Adding/deleting items may take longer than necessary

Pros  

- Adding/deleting items may take longer than necessary

Cons

- Not easy to delete/add item because you have to open backpack  

Once he is satisfied, he clicks the checklist tab, and he begins to
pack, checking off the items as he goes.

Pros  

- User has most likely encountered a checklist before, so
easy to use this one 

Cons

- Doesn't allow user to add any items, so doesn't support
some functionality of normal checklists

Pros  

- Simple checklist, user can find all items in this checklist

Cons

- If user is looking for a specific item, has to look through
entire list
- Difficult organization, no search

Pros  

- User can delete items or uncheck items they don't want

Cons

- No way to recover an item if a user deletes it

Before he leaves, he clicks the trip information tab, and he
remembers that bringing a camera could be a good idea
as there may be times for sightseeing.

Pros  

- Simple text page, nothing new to learn

Cons

- User doesn't know what to do if they want more information

Pros  

- All information in one location

Cons

- User may want too see only packing tips, must scroll to
the top to see them

Pros  

- User can easily navigate to and away from this page

Cons

Vincent pulls up the app and inputs his destination, Europe, how long
he is staying, 12 days, and the nature of his trip (vacation). He also
inputs his gender so the list generated by the app can be tailored more.

Pros 

- The layout is very simple, and it is clear
where clear where the travel information should be 
entered  be entered 

Cons  

- There is no indication of how to move to
the next view

Pros 

- All the fields for information to be entered
is located in one place, making it easy to
quickly to quickly enter all the information at once

Cons  

- Entering all the information via typing may
be a bit time consuming

Pros 

- If a mistake is made in entering travel information,
it is easy to simply re-select the field and correct
the information

Cons  

- There is no indication of how to change travel
information travel information once Vincent has moved to the next
view.

Vincent sees a two paneled screen. He wants to check the weather in
Germany, his first destination, so he looks at the upper panel and sees
that the panel contains weather information. He wants to see the average
weather over the next several weeks, so after some exploring he sees a
little graph icon in the bottom of the weather panel, clicks that, and is
displayed with the temperature over time. After he has checked the
weather, he's now ready to start packing. He decides to start with toiletries,
as those are his most precious items. He looks at the bottom panel and
sees that there is a toiletries category.

Pros 

- The suitcase on top of the scale is a clear
metaphor clear metaphor to the user that the suitcase is
is 'being weighed' and therefore the user can
see the estimated weight of their suitcase
on the scale
- Each icon is clearly labelled with a category,
and  and with their standard icon look the user is
prompted to select the icon to view it in 
detailin detail.
- The left and right arrows on the weather widget
along with the highlighted circles below it make
easy for the user to realize that they can switch
the widget by toggling left and right

Cons  

- Since the view is evenly divided between the
weather the weather widget and the scale/suitcase, it is not
immediately clear what the main purpose of the
view is
- Because the view is evenly divided, between two
different widgets, the user would have to take
time to explore all of them to figure out what each
does

Pros 

- For each widget visible on this view, there is at
most one action to be done, making it fast to
complete actions

Cons  

- Because the widget can be toggled left and right,
in order to find out what each widget is the user 
would have to toggle through all the widgets to
discover to discover them.

Pros 

- Actions are reversible; e.g. if a user switches to another widget it is simple to toggle back to the original one

Cons  

He clicks the toiletries category and it opens a checklist with entries that
were automatically generated for him. He packs conditioner and aspirin and
checks the checkboxes next to the items. They immediately move to the
bottom  bottom of the list. He realizes that the list hasn't autogenerated a toothbrush
for him, so he decides to add it. He sees a textfield at the top of his screen
called "Add another entry", so he taps it and enters "toothbrush" into  textfieldtextfield.
It adds the entry to the top of his list. He selects the entry and sees details
about the item appear at the bottom of his screen, such as weight and
category. He also sees the option to "don't bring" the item.

Pros 

- The checklist format is a familiar module for the user, making it intuitive for how to use it
- The 'add another entry' is clearly labeled on the top of the checklist, making it easy for the user to add more items to the check list.
-When an item is selected, indicating that it has been packed, the item is struck through making it apparent that the item has been packed

Cons  

- It may not be that intuitive to remove an item, since users would have to first select the item to view it's information, and then select remove

Pros

- The list of items is the first the that appears when the view is opened, letting the user quickly see all the items in the chosen category without additional traversing through the app.
- The checklist format of the list makes it easy to mark that an item has been packed by simply selecting the item* *

Cons  

- It takes a little more effort to remove an item, since the item has to be selected first and then removed by selecting 'Don't Bring'

Pros 

- If a user accidentally marks an item as packed, it is easy to undo the mistake by simply selecting the item again (effectively toggling it's packed state).

Cons   

Vincent finishes packing everything in the clothing section, and only some
things in the toiletries section. When he goes back to the main menu, he
realizes that the categories where he has packed everything have a green
icon in the corner. The categories where he has only packed some items
appear as a yellow yield icon. Categories where he has packed no items
have a red "x" in the corner. Now that he is midway through packing, he
wants to know how much his current stuff weighs, in case he goes over the
luggage weight limit. Conveniently, he realizes the weight is located at the
top bottom panel. He sees he is over the limit, so he wants to know which
category is taking up the most space. He searches around and notices that
the bottom of each category also has a weight for all items in that category.

Pros 

- The icons on the categories make it clear what the packing status is to the user
- The packing status of each category uses familiar icons and their meanings, such as a check mark for completed, an 'x' for not completed.

Cons  

- The yield icon may not be as intuitive for representing partially packed

Pros 

- Because the icons are visible on a higher level, at the level of categories of items to pack, users can quickly glance at the category icons in the suitcase widget to determine how much they have packed.

Cons  

- Although the weight counter does say how much the items in total will weigh, the user doesn't really have a way of determining which category weighs the most without selecting the category and looking at the weights of each item in the category individually

Pros 

Cons  

- If the user sees that a certain category does not have the correct icon, it is not as easy to correct the mistake since the user would have to select the category and peruse the list of items to see which item was marked as packed/unpacked when it should be the opposite.

Vincent has finally finished packing but he realizes he's pretty bad at it
because his luggage is pretty much overflowing. He wants to check how
to pack more efficiently, so he goes to the main menu again and sees two
arrows on the left and right edges of the upper panel and 5 dots near that
bottom that indicate there are more panels to the left and right. He decides
to check those out, and swipes left. On the left is panel for packing tips!
He follows the instructions and now everything fits perfectly.

Pros 

- The packing tips are simple and laid out so the user can easily read them

Cons  

- The user might not know that there are packing tips, since they would have to toggle left and right to discover it in the first place

Pros 

Cons  

- To reach the packing tips the user has to toggle left or right, so it will take some intermediary steps before they can arrive at them

Pros 

- If a user accidentally toggles past a packing tip, it would be a simple matter to toggle back to the packing tip they were originally on

Cons