Hi-Fi Prototype
After finishing our scenarios the group convened to decide what software tool would be used to develop a hi-fi prototype. After evaluating the skills among the team members we found that we did not have enough shared knowledge to work with HTML, flash or javascript without placing the burden squarely on only one or two team members. Instead, we decided to use Axure, based on a recent tech talk on the program because its light learning curve and ease of use would include everybody in the process.
Original Template
Early last week (Nov. 3rd) Adam developed the preliminary templates that would be used for our design which were based on our lo-fi prototype work. The templates included the skeletal structure of the system as well as the basic interactions specified by our design work. Further functionality was added to these preliminary designs by Anran, which helped guide the team in implementing more advanced features.
Hi-Fi Prototype to be used for User Testing
After our weekly meeting on Friday, it was decided that Gaurav would take the templates and enhance the look and feel of the prototype by adding rich content and a stylized interface based on our discussion at the meeting. Over the weekend Anran and Jeff worked on adding functionality, especially in the single image view setting: ajax effects, linking page elements for navigation and other niceties. Finally, Adam amalgamated all of the page elements and linked them together for navigation. He also tweaked and refined many features of the system so that the result was a worthy and professional looking mockup of a web service.
Next Steps
Our next step is to conduct user testing with our hi-fi prototype, but there are still some things that we would like to change and complete before doing so.
- First, we plan on adding a full picture album to eliminate any confusion for the user about which images are viewable and which are not.
- Second, we would like to add a login screen where the user will be able to login and have their name displayed at the top. This would help to create a more personalized experience.
- Third, we would like to implement more view types for browsing albums to better understand user’s viewing behaviors.