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Overall, the tested users coped very well with the tasks and had no problems with the creation of new bookmarks or new folders on the Bookmark Wall. They intuitively used the bookmark symbol in the toolbar/adressbar to set the bookmark and created new folders by right-clicking on the Wall and choosing the “New Folder” option in the following menu. The most problems occurred in the second task: arranging the bookmarks. Every tested user had trouble to identify the bar that popped up on a mouse-over as the haptic surface on the bookmark. Instead of gripping the bar to drag and drop a bookmark around the Wall, the users always clicked directly on the bookmark, therefore opening it in a new tab. It also emerged the issue of how to mark multiple bookmarks at once and drag them into a folder or around. <br/><br/> | Overall, the tested users coped very well with the tasks and had no problems with the creation of new bookmarks or new folders on the Bookmark Wall. They intuitively used the bookmark symbol in the toolbar/adressbar to set the bookmark and created new folders by right-clicking on the Wall and choosing the “New Folder” option in the following menu. The most problems occurred in the second task: arranging the bookmarks. Every tested user had trouble to identify the bar that popped up on a mouse-over as the haptic surface on the bookmark. Instead of gripping the bar to drag and drop a bookmark around the Wall, the users always clicked directly on the bookmark, therefore opening it in a new tab. It also emerged the issue of how to mark multiple bookmarks at once and drag them into a folder or around. <br/><br/> | ||
*What did you change following your user tests? | *What did you change following your user tests? | ||
We are | We changed the drag & drop process slightly and instead of using a bar as haptic surface to drag the bookmarks around with, they can now be dragged with a click, like folders on a desktop. To mark multiple bookmarks at once the user can now use the same method as on a desktop as well. Additionally, expanding folders and therefore having more space available is controlled through zooming into the folder. | ||
==Alternative Concept== | |||
*Which problem did you identify? | |||
Still the same.<br/><br/> | |||
*Why are current systems unable to solve this problem? | |||
Still the same.<br/><br/> | |||
*What research findings led you to your first concept? | |||
Still the same.<br/><br/> | |||
*In 140 characters, what is the essence of your project/solution? | |||
Our goal is to make organizing and browsing bookmarks more easy and effective by using a visual, desktop-like display. Users are able to arrange their bookmarks on colored and/or textures areas that are build in a grid structure. The bookmarks are shown and identified by snapshots of their sites. | |||
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==Implementation== | |||
*How did you ensure that a beginner can use your solution? | |||
Again, we want to use a desktop-like surface that users are familiar with. Unlike our first concept, you save your bookmarks to an area you built before and can’t drag your bookmarks around the whole surface, only in the chosen area. To prevent a never ending search for specific bookmarks in the system, we use the browser search bar and modify it so that you can search your bookmarks and not only search engines. Additionally, there is an icon bar to the side, where the most used bookmarks are set with only an icon. To avoid an overwhelmingly cluttered display, area names and the number of subareas are only displayed shortly while hovering the mouse over an area. The zoom is controlled with "+" and "-" which is familiar and easily comprehensible for the user. | |||
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*What makes your solution more useful or efficient than current products? | |||
Still the same. | |||
==Sketches== | |||
==User tests== | |||
*How did you test your design? | |||
We like change, so we used an Illustrator prototype this tme. | |||
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*What new problems did you identify? | |||
As with our first concept, we gave the test users everyday tasks: a) to create and name a new area and b) to save the current page as a bookmark in that area and to open that bookmark. There were some problems with the first task but not with the second. | |||
Instead of using the right-click right away to create a new area, they tried to find a button or draw a frame for it, as right-clicking in a browser was already occupied with other things in their mind. Some of the test users also found the aero-like effect bothersome and distracting because it covers, even if only for a short time, a whole area. | |||
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*What did you change following your user tests? | |||
Nothing yet. |
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