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

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 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 (Figure A in the photo). 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 (Figure B in the photo).

Pros 

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

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

Pros  

- 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

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.

Pros  

- 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

Cons