Web Design Evaluation Exercise for Effective Site Improvement
Explore site evaluation exercises with patterns to enhance design and usability. Analyze XGaming.com’s features, tasks, and critiques using key patterns. Join in interactive discussions for a better understanding.
Web Design Evaluation Exercise for Effective Site Improvement
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Pattern Evaluation Exercise James A. Landay, University of Washington CSE 490L – Web Design, Prototyping, & Implementation April 10, 2008
Outline • Project Proposals • Web Patterns • Web Site Critique CSE 490L - Spring 2008
Project Proposals • 13 Tentative Projects • Chosen for good quarter long projects • does not mean the others are not good ideas • Each proposer will give a 1-2 minute overview of what they had in mind • Each of you will rank your top 3 choices (1-top) • Put your name, major, & year on form • We will team up next week CSE 490L - Spring 2008
Project Ideas Social Network Personalized Tour Guide Context To-Do List Tab-it/Pab/I-O-U Bus route/schedule Mobile Gaming Remote Ordering • Mobile ShopNow • Poll based Location Filtered Ads • Real Time translation • Workout Tracker • Product Recommender • Minimize Trip and Maximize Efficiency CSE 490L - Spring 2008
Let’s Get Familiar With the Patterns • Read the following 3 patterns from your book • PERSONAL E-COMMERCE (A1) • PRIVACY POLICY (E4) • HIGH-VISIBILITY ACTION BUTTONS (K5) • Take 10 minutes • What are the 3 most important forces for each? CSE 490L - Spring 2008
Site Evaluation Exercise • Overview of Existing Site • 15 minutes • Evaluation Task to Critique Design (pair up) • 15 minutes • Discuss as a class • 10 minutes CSE 490L - Spring 2008
Overview of Site: XGaming.com • Summary of Design Discovery Research • value proposition • “the premier supplier of game input devices” • customer profile • serious gamers: males 21-40 with income to afford high-end input devices • site features • on-line purchase of input devices • multiple types & each has support for multiple gaming platforms • product info • purchase & download old arcade games • customer support (manuals, registration, etc.) CSE 490L - Spring 2008
Overview of Site: XGaming.comTask Walkthrough • Task #1 • compare the prices of single and dual Macintosh controllers • Task #2 • purchase a dual player controller with a PlayStation adapter CSE 490L - Spring 2008
Evaluation Task (do in pairs for 15 mins) • Take a look at the screen shots (Sean will hand out printouts and keep rotating on projector) • Use the following patterns • PERSONAL E-COMMERCE (A1) • PRIVACY POLICY (E4) • QUICK-FLOW CHECKOUT (F1) • PROCESS FUNNEL (H1) • HIGH-VISIBILITY ACTION BUTTONS (K5) • How does this site violate the patterns? CSE 490L - Spring 2008
Discuss as a Class CSE 490L - Spring 2008