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| "Filing Metaphor": This design has categorization based on which users sent the message. The categorization or "filing" is externally consistent with tabbed browsing. All functionality appears on the same screen and creating a message brings up a box within this window so people cannot get lost in navigation. Pictures and names are associated with each message. |
| "Hey Kids!": This adorable design also categorizes according to which users sent the message, but has little click-able sprites with pictures on the heads. Clicking on a person will bring up the messages they wrote (this categorization may not be relevant, however). You can also read the messages from all users. Functionality including search is not included by could easily be. |
| "Old School": This computer-free design has a segmented whiteboard where different people post in different parts of the whiteboard. No notes are thrown away by student workers; instead, completed tasks are signed and dated by the worker that completed the task and removed it from the whiteboard and placed in a bin where they are reviewed and discarded by the desk captain. |
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- Stronger classification of messages: 1) a message can either be an 'issue' (meaning that it is something that needs to be resolved) or a 'note' (meaning there is nothing to be resolved); 2) a message may fall into any of the following categories: lost/found (lost phone), desk supplies (ran out of red paper), repairs (elevator broken), requests (many residents requesting fans during spring), miscellaneous.
- Integrated resident database. When creating a new message, you can include a link to a resident's information by using the '@' symbol preceding their name. This will also enable autocomplete on that name. For example, if Susan brought something to desk, the desk worker could type "@Sus" and it would suggest "Susan Sample"; using this suggestion turns her name into a link that, when clicked, will open a dialog window with more dorm-specific information about Susan, like her class year, her room number, and her telephone number.
- Autocomplete for message headings that will also fill in an appropriate skeleton for the message. For example, selecting "Missing Phone" will fill this in as the title and will fill in a skeleton message like "__ _ lost her phone on __ ___ and reported it today. It was last seen _ ___. Phone description: _ ___".
- Priority on a low/medium/high scale indicated by a colored flag and corresponding text (to replace the priority stars).
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