Design Karen Nguyen
Development Squarespace
User Testing Rounds
Website
Audio: Kat, Gabby / check LP post
Reflection: Based on the user testing and feedback, the content and aesthetics of my site was visually engaging. Eli Lederberg mentioned that it seemed to represent me well for what I presented myself as. Dahee Lee did mention to not put too much text onto the project descriptions since people will usually lose interest and not want to read it. She suggested that I highlight the main phrases or words in my description if I choose to continue that route. Otherwise, it’d be viable to just post a sentence or two maximum and just present the work, if the user decides to want to learn more about it, they will seek you out and ask which lets you explain more in detail about the process. She said that’s usually the case especially when you’re being interviewed; employers will ask for more information regarding a project. Also, Kat Seik felt that leaving my resumé under the About Me tab was engaging for her and what she feels future users would think because it made my site super simple to navigate. With the simplification of tabs, I get to show just my work and my personal self–nothing fancy. Also some commented on the readability of the font especially the hand-written decorative font I am using. I felt that it was more of a conscious design choice and I preferred to keep it because it showed my personality more. Overall, the user flow worked well since every aspect of my layout I chose to use was more minimalistic and straightforward. Relating back to my 10 learning objectives, I was able to gradually change my web site as I started getting my 4th and 5th user testing feedback. This constant iteration, demonstrated that there is always some aspect of my website to improve on.
Cinebox
Link to App: here Video Links: Dahee, Eli, Dar
Audio: Jen, Katherine / check LP post
Reflection: As I implement the process and methods of user testing through my other projects outside of studio and lab, I found helpful results. Since, I focused more of my testing to the user flow and scripted ten desired learning objectives, I discovered that most of my users enjoyed the simpleness of the app but struggled to complete the basic transaction of purchasing a movie ticket due to the buffering screen (no queue for the user to change screen… and the movie showtime font was either too small or a bit confusing to toggle through) and font of the showtimes. Dar Min mentioned that the layout was unconventional for the user since the hierarchy of information is organized differently than most apps she’s seen. Upon asking about whether or not the users felt they would abandon the app at a particular moment, all responded that they felt engaged enough to want to see the app through. Eli Lederberg had issues where he’d tap the screen and struggled to find consistent showtimes because there were no queues for him to select a certain showtime. Dahee Lee, on the other hand, managed to understand the flow of selecting the showtime but concluded that she would feel the accessibility of the app would be better if I increase the size of the font and bolded it more so users could see better. Overall utilizing this user testing method helped me understand the usability of my prototyped app. Because I only share the flow during class, I’m the only one who knows how the app functions, to test it on five different people; I started picking up a pattern of feedback that I saw most users struggling with which was a helpful insight to improving my next iteration.