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Briefing

(The whole briefing should take around 1 minute.)

Thank you for your participation.

We are making PhotoTalk, a photo-sharing website, in which each user posts a few meaningful photographs that spark conversations among the users. The users will be able to search and view photos, post their own photos, and make comments on photos.

The test will help us generate a better user interface for our website. Please think out loud so that we can identify problems easier.

We are not testing you, so please relax. If something goes wrong, it is the interface's fault, not yours.

This test will be confidential. And if you feel uncomfortable, you can quit at any time.

Do you have any questions? (Answer the questions that the user may have.)

OK. Let's begin. (Give the first task card to the user.)

Scenario Tasks

(Note to group: Sorry guys. After the second testing is over, I was too happy and I threw away all the material, including the task cards. Here's what I remembered. -- Ice)

  1. You are Jan _(cool last name here)_. You just knew that you friend Paul Jones has taken an interesting photo on his trip to Joshua Tree. Search for his photo.
  2. You are looking at Paul's photo. Make a comment that the photo is cool.
  3. You just took a picture of a beautiful sunset in Boston yesterday (March 15, 2011) while going on the Duck Tour. Post the photo.

Prototype Iterations

We performed two iterations in parallel in order to test two distinct interface designs. The first iteration is based on the first and the second designs from GR2, while the second iteration takes most elements from the third design. The major differences include:

  • Search Box -  The first iteration clearly show the search bar for 4 different types of keyword at all time, while the second iteration puts a smaller search box in the page header. The first iteration also emphasizes the fact that photos can be searched using 4 different keyword categories, while the second iteration introduces only a single search box on the front page.
  • Search Mode - In the first iteration, searching by photographer's name and location give two different search result pages, while the second iteration treats all keywords in the same way.
  • Mode - The second iteration has a tab interface mode for user's control panel and a normal viewing mode, while the first iteration integrates them together.
  • Posting Photos - The first iteration has a single page for selecting a photo and supplying photo information, while the second iteration has two separated pages, which is originally designed for bash uploading.

Observations

(Question: would you mind if I use bullet points for this section? -- Ice)

Iteration 1

(Observations here)

Iteration 2

(Observations here)

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