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Sketch

Storyboard

Learnability

Efficiency

Safety

Vincent starts by creating a new trip. He enters in the destination
with a
textbox that has autocomplete with locations. Since he will
be flying to
Europeto Europe, he picks the plane icon, along with the male symbol
 symbol. He then
selects the 12 days he will be there using the
calendar module that
appears that appears as he clicks the date.

Pros
 

- Easy to learn because there are simple icons that the user
sees which immediately describe what the icon represents
without unnecessary words (aka, picture of airplane = travel
there by plane)

 


Cons
 
  

- Lack of text may be slightly longer for user to figure out

whats

whats 
going on

Pros  

- Autocomplete provides efficiency
- Tapping on icons to select is simple and efficient 

Cons 
Pros 

- Allows the user to reselect icons if the wrong one is
chosen 
- Allow user to reinput destinations

Cons

- After hit the "go" button, user cannot edit travel
information from screen, but instead has to delete the
vacation and make a new one

After he hits go, a selection of items are selected and automatically
placed in his backpack. However, because he is a hat-enthusiast, he
decides to bring along 12 hats with him, increasing the weight of his
backpack, and now notices that a luggage symbol has appeared,
suggesting that bringing just a backpack may no longer be appropriate.

Pros 

- Easy metaphor: items can be dragged into container, just like
Cons

Pros 
Cons

real packing- Container changes based on # of items making it
easy for the user to see how much stuff they could fit into a
main menu because at the top of the screen but may be
difficult to pick which one is the category you want (example:
what does the "tie" icon represent, accessories or formal wear?)

Cons
Pros  

- Drag and drop provides efficiency

Cons

- Adding/deleting items may take longer than necessary

Pros  

- Adding/deleting items may take longer than necessary

Cons

- Not easy to delete/add item because you have to open backpack

  Pros 
Cons |

Once he is satisfied, he clicks the checklist tab, and he begins to
pack, checking off the items as he goes.

Pros
 
Cons

Pros 
Cons

  

- User has most likely encountered a checklist before, so
easy to use this one 

Cons

- Doesn't allow user to add any items, so doesn't support
some functionality of normal checklists

Pros  

- Simple checklist, user can find all items in this checklist

Cons

- If user is looking for a specific item, has to look through
entire list
- Difficult organization, no search

Pros  

- User can delete items or uncheck items they don't want

Cons

- No way to recover an item if a user deletes it Pros 
Cons |

Before he leaves, he clicks the trip information tab, and he
remembers
that bringing a camera could be a good idea
as there may be times for

sightseeing

for sightseeing.

Pros
 
Cons

Pros 
Cons

  

- Simple text page, nothing new to learn

Cons

- User doesn't know what to do if they want more information

Pros  

- All information in one location

Cons

- User may want too see only packing tips, must scroll to
the top to see them

Pros  

- User can easily navigate to and away from this page

Pros 
Cons |
Cons

Design Two

Sketch

Storyboard

Learnability

Efficiency

Safety

Vincent pulls up the app and inputs his destination, Europe, how long
he is staying, 12 days, and the nature of his trip (vacation). He also
inputs his gender so the list generated by the app can be tailored more.

Pros

  • The layout is very simple, and it is clear
    where the travel information should be 
    entered 
    Cons
  • There is no indication of how to move to
    the next view

Pros

  • All the fields for information to be entered
    is located in one place, making it easy to
    quickly enter all the information at once
    Cons 
  • Entering all the information via typing may
    be a bit time consuming

Pros

  • If a mistake is made in entering travel information,
    it is easy to simply re-select the field and correct
    the information
    Cons 
  • There is no indication of how to change travel
    information once Vincent has moved to the next
    view.

Vincent sees a two paneled screen. He wants to check the weather in
Germany, his first destination, so he looks at the upper panel and sees
that the panel contains weather information. He wants to see the average
weather over the next several weeks, so after some exploring he sees a
little graph icon in the bottom of the weather panel, clicks that, and is
displayed with the temperature over time. After he has checked the
weather, he's now ready to start packing. He decides to start with toiletries,
as those are his most precious items. He looks at the bottom panel and
sees that there is a toiletries category.

Pros 

  • The suitcase on top of the scale is a clear
    metaphor to the user that the suitcase is
    'being weighed' and therefore the user can
    see the estimated weight of their suitcase
    on the scale
  • Each icon is clearly labelled with a category,
    and with their standard icon look the user is
    prompted to select the icon to view it in 
    detail.
  • The left and right arrows on the weather widget
    along with the highlighted circles below it make
    easy for the user to realize that they can switch
    the widget by toggling left and rightCons
  • Since the view is evenly divided between the
    weather widget and the scale/suitcase, it is not
    immediately clear what the main purpose of the
    view is
  • Because the view is evenly divided, between two
    different widgets, the user would have to take
    time to explore all of them to figure out what each
    does

Pros 

  • For each widget visible on this view, there is at
    most one action to be done, making it fast to
    complete actions
    Cons
  • Because the widget can be toggled left and right,
    in order to find out what each widget is the user 
    would have to toggle through all the widgets to
    discover them.

Pros 
Cons

He clicks the toiletries category and it opens a checklist with entries that
were automatically generated for him. He packs conditioner and aspirin and
checks the checkboxes next to the items. They immediately move to the
bottom of the list. He realizes that the list hasn't autogenerated a toothbrush
for him, so he decides to add it. He sees a textfield at the top of his screen
called "Add another entry", so he taps it and enters "toothbrush" into  textfield.
It adds the entry to the top of his list. He selects the entry and sees details
about the item appear at the bottom of his screen, such as weight and
category. He also sees the option to "don't bring" the item.

Pros 
Cons

Pros 
Cons

Pros 
Cons

Vincent finishes packing everything in the clothing section, and only some
things in the toiletries section. When he goes back to the main menu, he
realizes that the categories where he has packed everything have a green
icon in the corner. The categories where he has only packed some items
appear as a yellow yield icon. Categories where he has packed no items
have a red "x" in the corner. Now that he is midway through packing, he
wants to know how much his current stuff weighs, in case he goes over the
luggage weight limit. Conveniently, he realizes the weight is located at the
top bottom panel. He sees he is over the limit, so he wants to know which
category is taking up the most space. He searches around and notices that
the bottom of each category also has a weight for all items in that category.

Pros 
Cons

Pros 
Cons

Pros 
Cons

Vincent has finally finished packing but he realizes he's pretty bad at it
because his luggage is pretty much overflowing. He wants to check how
to pack more efficiently, so he goes to the main menu again and sees two
arrows on the left and right edges of the upper panel and 5 dots near that
bottom that indicate there are more panels to the left and right. He decides
to check those out, and swipes left. On the left is panel for packing tips!
He follows the instructions and now everything fits perfectly.

Pros 
Cons

Pros 
Cons

Pros 
Cons

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