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- Consistency with standard smartphone widgets promotes fast learning
- Only contains standard smartphone widgets, which is consistent to other smartphone apps, making this design for intuitive and straightforward.
- People can teach each other
- Since only one person uses the app at a time, other group members can help each other learn the interface faster.
- All criteria presented on one screen Less need for trial and error testing
- It's obvious that there are different criteria to bid on. Therefore, people know immediately that they have to distribute their point assignments. There is less need for trial and error.
Cons
- Weighted probability scheme no evident, purpose of point assignment unclear
- It's not obvious that selection is based on weighted probability distribution. Therefore, people may not understand how to why to assign points to their desired criteria choice.
Efficiency
Pros
- Can bet on all three criteria at once
- The
- betting stage on different criteria are all on one
- screen, instead of 3 separate screens as in "Spin the Wheel" and "Auction Sale".
- Spinning widget faster than coin drag
- The spinner used for selecting location, price, type and points is faster to manipulate than putting coins on the wheel or waiting for others' auction decision.
Cons
- Mental math for point assignment takes time
- Users have to take time to figure out the allocation of points to make sure that they sum up to 100.
Safety
Cons
- Betting stage cannot be undone
- There is only one screen for different criteria (as opposed to going back and forth between screens in "Spin the Wheel")
- . Therefore, if errors are made on one screen due to learnability problems, all criteria are affected. Users can't change choices after pressing "Done".