IFD:Designing For Action/Vera, Mischa, Max: Difference between revisions

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===What did you change following your user tests?===

The design was changed so that there is one "Index Card" per page.

==Mentor Comments==

===James Kalbach===

'''Concept'''

* You have a focused project and goal with this UI, but you've not expressed it clearly or succinctly in your problem statement. The ability to communicate intent is as important as having good ideas about a UI. Try re-wording it into a sentence or two to include who, what, where, when, and why.

* Are there any related solution other than Zotero? I'll bet there are. See the Scrapbook add-on for Firefox, for starters. You also have some similarities with MS OneNote.

* Thank you for the detailed review of the research. I'd still like to see some high-level conclusions pulled in a list. What are the top 3-5 things you learned from the research?

'''Implementation'''

* I like your use of metaphors. This could go a long way to making your idea understandable and useful.

* One problem with such add-ons is that people may not have the left panel open. Did you discover that users might not open your tool if it's closed by default?

* Thank you for your video. It really helps to explain your project and ideas.

'''User tests'''

* Good summary of the user tests. It seems you've reacted to your findings appropriately.

Overall, this is a focused project that really feels like it's intended for a specific target group. The use of metaphors is great (but that could also backfire--you have to be careful when you over-use metaphors). The video is excellent and shows you put a lot of time and thought into this.

Great job.

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 ===What did you change following your user tests?===
 The design was changed so that there is one "Index Card" per page.
+==Mentor Comments==
+===James Kalbach===
+'''Concept'''
+* You have a focused project and goal with this UI, but you've not expressed it clearly or succinctly in your problem statement. The ability to communicate intent is as important as having good ideas about a UI. Try re-wording it into a sentence or two to include who, what, where, when, and why.
+* Are there any related solution other than Zotero? I'll bet there are. See the Scrapbook add-on for Firefox, for starters. You also have some similarities with MS OneNote.
+* Thank you for the detailed review of the research. I'd still like to see some high-level conclusions pulled in a list. What are the top 3-5 things you learned from the research?
+'''Implementation'''
+* I like your use of metaphors. This could go a long way to making your idea understandable and useful.
+* One problem with such add-ons is that people may not have the left panel open. Did you discover that users might not open your tool if it's closed by default?
+* Thank you for your video. It really helps to explain your project and ideas.
+'''User tests'''
+* Good summary of the user tests. It seems you've reacted to your findings appropriately.
+Overall, this is a focused project that really feels like it's intended for a specific target group. The use of metaphors is great (but that could also backfire--you have to be careful when you over-use metaphors). The video is excellent and shows you put a lot of time and thought into this.
+Great job.