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- Find and read the story A Sound of Thunder.
- Add a section to A Sound of Thunder.
- Create a new story that you and the user 'cthulhu' can edit.
Observations
From the first iterations of testing:
- No one knows how to add a section if they’re not already logged in. Many tried clicking the text, or the story title. One user tried the Create New button, which did eventually allow him to edit, but emphasized the possible misconstruction of that label.
- 'Create New' is NOT an intuitive title for a button – many people think it refers to create new user or new section, not new story. Having it next to the login/logout button adds to this confusion.
- 'Save' (for creating new story) should be at the bottom, not up by login information.
From the second day of testing:
- Even if the text box for editing was visible, users did not realize that it was for adding a section. In general, they would try to click the (newly created) add section button, or again the story text. When those actions changed the focus to the text box, they realized that they should type in it.
- One user commented that the change in the sidebar surprised him, and was a little disorienting.
- Users found the layout of the page unnatural – they would often make comments like, "I am looking for this button, and I don't see it up, here, so..."
Iterations
- We added several 'Add Section' buttons to the prototype (in the upper left, away from login in the upper right, and at the bottom of the story), changed the 'Create New' button label to 'Create New Story' and moved it to the upper left, putting the story editing buttons together, and separate from the login button.
- We moved the 'Save' button to the bottom of the new story creation screen.