Specifications and Platform
Our website runs best in Chrome, and was optimized for Chrome. It requires no additional software apart from a web browser. It is currently being hosted on MIT scripts
Please go to the following URL:
otitochi.scripts.mit.edu/6-813-GR-HarlemShakes/
Shallowness
We currently don't have a database of items. The website has enough functionality to mimic the actions needed for our scenario. Signing in and authentication is simulated but stores no user info. Of course going through the checkout process for an item does not actually purchase an item. Additionally, you cannot search for any item via the search bar. All searches redirect toward the searches corresponding to our user scenario in our prototyping process. Additionally, links to item categories are disabled. The only product page is the one associated with the user scenario, which is the NBA Trainer basketball. All other sports equipment results are disabled. Finally, there is no profile page for the user, as this was also not part of the user scenario for our paper prototypes.
1 Comment
Chong-U Lim
Wiki presentation: - Good detail in listing the shallow portions of the system.
'- Perhaps use bullet points in the future?
'- Make your link a hyperlink next time.
Fidelity: - Despite claiming to be optimized and looking best in Chrome, it actually doesn't look correct in Chrome (all the images are stretched, and have the wrong aspect ratio, and the entire page is stretched)
'- I didn't see that you implemented the recurring purchase of items (outlined in your scenario of GR2)
'- The search should have really been implemented (in your designs, there was talk about making searches easier for elderly, through voice command, etc.)
'- No way to check in with the customer service (also outlined in your scenario and your designs)
Usability: - For your reviews, there is not enough distinction beween the review and the review title.
'- The number system is probably not the best visual variable for reviews (stars are usually better, and are universally recognized).
'- Cart updates, and allows deletion, so that's good for safety.
Overall: - I feel that this implementation hasn't really incorporated a lot of the good ideas from the design phrases in GR2 and GR3.
'- There is no real differentiation between this, and a generic store. It is not immediately obvious how this benefits elderly people more than a different store like Amazon.
'- The goals of the project were to ensure that elderly people would be able to have a better experience. However, this has missed several things (voice command for blind/hard of sight users, recurring purchaases for elderly with regular purchase cycles, and several other things like big fonts/big pictures are not really included)
'- The group should really place a big emphasis on these key aspects as identified in your problem statement, scenarios, designs (which is really what those group assignments were really preparing you for). And make sure that GR5 includes all these aspects.