Wanderlust Pilot Field Study

Presented by Brandon Bond

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• Team Members:o Ari Ashkenazio Brandon Bondo Carolyn Scovilleo Sheena Kapuro Vince Blas

Wanderlust App for Android

Experiment

Field Study using Droid Razr M Android phone

Method - Users

• 6 users found on UW campus or friends.

• Consisted of students and recent graduates

• 21 - 26 years old

• Users were either Android or iPhone users

• All familiar with Seattle area

Method - Environment

• More realistic environment

• Tested in several spots around campus, on the ave, and in users home

• Only had facilitator, note taker and timer

Method - Procedure

• Explain application to user and give consent form

• Have user perform each task

• Observe and record clicks/reactions

• Ask questions about individual tasks after each one is completed

• Conduct post interview to ask for most difficult/easiest tasks, overall impression, suggestions and demographics

Test Measures

• Errors - Clicking on button that didn't help complete task

• Task Completion Time

• Rating of each task and entire application

• Focused on qualitative observations including points of confusion, suggestions, and there thoughts when thinking aloud

Task 1: Browse Points of Interest

• Browse a point of interest and view its’ description

• Arrange to hang out with Friends at the “Diner” at 7:00pm

Task 2: Create a MeetUp

• Create a New Point of Interest called “The Lodge” at 2990 50th Ave NE

Task 3: Create a new Point of Interest

Experimental Results

• Very few errors, at most 1 per task

• 10/18 tasks had no errors

Errors include:

• not being able to see New Meetup/ New POI buttons

• Mixing up New Meetup/New POI buttons

• Trying to create POI from map

Experimental Results - Errors

(1-10, 10 being most usable/likeable)

• Task 1 Usability: 7, 7, 8, 8.5, 9, 9

• Task 2 Usability: 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7 (caused by broken button)

• Task 3 Usability: 6, 8, 8, 10, 10, 10

• Overall Usability: 7, 7, 7 ,7, 7, 8

• Overall Likeability: 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9

Experimental Results - Ratings

• No context to color to distinguish Meetups/POIs

• Data entry slow when creating items

• Detail screen more visually appealing

Experimental Results: Comments

• Users overall thought the idea had potential and would use especially if friends also used

• UI was rough in spots and more difficult to use than other applications

• Buttons and tabs were intuitive or quickly learned after a few clicks around the application

Experimental Results - Summary

UI Changes

• Place Meetup/POI icon on detail bar to associate with create buttons

• This will try to further distinguish difference between Meetup/POI

Suggested UI Changes

• Improve visual design of detail screens

• Use widgets in text entry (if time permits)

Suggested UI Changes

• POI on tab will stay due to room, Points of Interest label added to actual page

• Automation (future)• Meetup pin will be shifted slightly when

overlapping with POI pin to see both• Broken New Meetup and back buttons

will all be fixed

Suggested UI Changes

• Users generally completed all tasks very easy

• Testing on real phone exposed new issues including data entry

• Plan to clean up as much of ui as possible and continue to give it realistic Android feel

Summary

Questions?