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Search for a ride share
Post a new RideShare listing for her desired time and destination
Invite friends to see her RideShare post
Designs
Design 1
Design 2
Storyboard 
Analysis
Design 3
Storyboard
Aly navigates to the RideShare homepage. On this page, she types in all of the details to look for her desired ride ("Destination: Logan Airport, Start location: MIT, Date: May 17, Time 4AM. When she clicks submit, the browser-specific certificate request pops up so that RideShare can automatically log her into the system, and the search results page appears.
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The below image is a depiction of the Profile Management page that Aly navigates to to change her settings.
Analysis
Pros:
- This design features a top horizontal menu bar that exhibits all of the main features of our website--searching for a ride share, posting a new listing, and managing profile settings. It is a design that favors simplicity and visibility, with access to the three main features of the website prominently displayed.
- The map preview feature in search results allows the user to see exactly where the meeting location is, which provides a useful visual cue to the user about where the Ride Share would occur.
- Efficiency is augmented with the pre-population feature that fills in the form for posting a new Ride Share after the user was unable to find a matching Ride Share in a search.
- The annoying certificate popup occurs only after a user action that requires login, postponing the hindrance to efficiency until it is absolutely necessary.
- The side modification panel for refining a search allows for error recovery if the user would like to search for something else other than what the user has already searched. The pre-population of that panel means the user would only need to tweak the fields and search again in the case of an error.
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