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The filtered result gave Kevin one game. He decides to click on the game details to learn more. The page includes information about the game, as well as a Join button for Kevin to easily join. When he clicks on join, a dropdown list presents him with options to join as a player, referee, casual interloper, or observer. After Kevin clicks one of the options, the Leave button will replace the Join button. The right side pane changes to a list of all the participants of the game. Clicking on a participant entry will send Kevin to that person’s profile page.
After joining the game, Kevin decides to look at George’s profile. He clicks on George’s name in the games list and comes across Geroge’s profile page. The profile page includes George’s personal information as well as a list of his future games and past games. Near George’s name is an Add Buddy button which Kevin clicks. (Side note: When Kevin views his own profile, the Edit Profile button replaces the Add Buddy button). The right side pane displays all of George’s buddies. Clicking on a buddy will redirect Kevin to that buddy’s profile page.
Analysis
Good Points:
- Information is presented in a simple manner on the homepage.
- The design provides commonly-seen affordances such as glow-on-mouse-hover for entries in lists, buttons, icons with links (join, leave), drop-down arrows, and side-arrows that indicate “details”
- Joining and leaving games require very little clicks, making the design efficient for these tasks.
- Creating a game is efficient when on the homepage.
- Design allows for searching and filtering.
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