Get Help!

And so, evil prof made us do this little assignment to make sure we thought about the app before we came to class. And made it sound pseudo-graded. >.<

anyways, i commented in point form cos WPF killed me over the weekend.. I'll post more in the future! XD

Home page interface

- Too much happening, there are too many areas of focus on the page

- Two headers – too cluttered, too much information to process

- Objective of the application not very clear

- Badges, profile, stats and invite are not tabs used very often (all the stuff u want to do is in profile) but the layout of the tabs grab attention and the colour draws attention away from the more important details

- Too many colours used :P

- What’s the difference between Call for Help and New project? The colours/style seems to suggest that both are buttons that the person needs to press, when New Project is actually simply the place where the person is browsing at.

- Two fields of entry? So do you write what you need help with or quick help? Shouldn’t quick help need to fill in less details?

- The “hide it from someone specific” feels as though it cannot be clicked, because they tried to reduce the opacity. While it’s very graphically descriptive and can be used elsewhere effectively, this time the effect conveyed the wrong information.

- The entry text boxes should be aligned and with the same format – makes it neater and more visually appealing even though it will take up more space.

Overview interface

- Even though they are at the overview, “New Project” is still highlighted. This confuses the user

- In fact, Overview should be in the same tabs bar with Profile!

- Action buttons are in red and are heavily highlighted. This draws the attention away from the main message – the ‘help signal’ sent out by your friends.

Individual page seems good :)

Overall, the aesthetics are cute and pretty much appealing, but the usability can be refined further. Colour has to be used more carefully, and stuff has to be more structured and organized!

Freedom is necessary for this application (since their goal is for any one who needs any kind of help), but this will mean that they might not target anyone at all.

Quite little incentive to give. Perhaps forming a community of people with the same interests might help peak the interest in the project?