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The decisions we made for implementation did not directly affect our interface. However, because we took a long time to choose the language for our backend, and struggled to implement it, we were not able to devote as much attention to the frontend as we would have liked.

Evaluation

User 1:

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 11-year-old

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avid reader.

Usability issues found:

--Attempted to search by pressing Enter, which is functionality we intended to implement but did not have time to complete.  There is no harm in just implementing it for every search bar.

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--Tried to add books to the reading list by visiting the Reading List page, rather than the page for the desired book.  We decided we could also provide a popup with a search bar in the Reading List order to allow the user to add books to reading list as well.

User 2: 18-year old reader

--Wanted to upload own picture; looked for a while before realizing it is not possible.  We were reluctant to allow students to be able to upload any picture in order to keep obscene or objectionable material from school webapps, but decided it may be possible if the administrators are notified whenever a student tries to change a profile picture so that they may review the change.

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