Assignment #1: Usability AssessmentCRWR 213-002[Your first and last name][Your student number]
1. Describe the experience of downloading the app and using it to locate a Megaphonevendor downtown. Were you successful in finding a vendor using the application?
Downloading the application was an easy task since I clearly understood the stipulated instructions. I managed to download it and install on my smartphone within a short time. The size of the application was also convenient for the space on my phone as I was not obliged to delete any other features to accommodate it. Locating a vendor downtown gave me a hard time, mainly because it was my first time to experience such an application. Despite the features that the application boasts of, there were obstacles in line with the existing names of the places. There was also an issue with the new structures that keep cropping up each and every day, most of which were never incorporated in the application’s map. This made the whole experience prove almost futile, but in the end I managed to locate some vendors whom I was interested in. This made the whole event a worthy calling, where I was able to interact with a new application in the market that could make me identify locations at ease. However, in the long run it turned out to be an experience worth recollecting. 2. Which vendor did you find, and where? Describe your interaction with the vendor.
I found a mobile phone vendor. I wanted to know the experience they have whenever selling different phones and the features the clients call for in their quest to acquire one. It was in downtown, and the nature of the businesses being carried out over there could elicit a feeling of low end living. The place had a lot of noise, and was extremely busy. The vendor, despite having the willingness to give me more detail about the business he conducts, had to skip some questions due to the demand for his services. Some clients were returning clients and had complains about some applications on the phones sold to them. Others were interested in new products, hence the busy schedule of the vendor. The experience at the place clearly made a true picture of the environment and the scenario that people would expect to find at that place. The nature of the movements and the fast life at the place was typical of a downtown area as people expected the place to have fair prices as compared to the uptown regions. I, however, appreciated the time he accorded me and the questions he answered in line with what I was interested.
3. What are three things that work for you about the app? Describe why.
It can, with the client's consent, use area characteristics incorporated with the machine (GPS, or system based area administrations) to discover one’s momentum area, mixed quest for discovering a sought address or purpose of investment, and implicit backing for bearings, activity, and so on. Be that as it may much cooler, from a designer point of view, is the way that the Maps application helps convention actuation, which implies one can automatically summon the Maps application from your Windows Store application, utilizing an exceptional url linguistic use. Significantly cooler is that the Maps application backings printing the headings, so when somebody needs to take their bearings on paper (I know exceptionally twentieth century), they can essentially utilize the Devices appeal to send the headings to the craved printer. The application could also locate the coordinates of different places without necessarily being adjacent to the places. It gave me an easy time whenever getting to the vendor and also the nearby shops. 4. What are three things that you suggest for improving the app? Describe yoursuggestions in detail.
The size of the application is a major consideration, since not all smart phones may accommodate it. This means that despite the fact that application has many features to handle at ago, there should be space reserved for other features. This can only be tackled when all the features are merged and combined while embracing simplicity while developing the application.
The updating features need to be easily found on the internet, and they should not be costly to the users. There are many features that are updated on a daily basis, which means that the application should be supported to accommodate the new features that emerge at all times.
The colors and themes used on the application should be closely related to nature. This will make the users easily identify with what the application is out to work on.5. What additional content (for example, multimedia features, maps, magazine content)would you add to the app if you had a hand in producing it? If you were involvedwith the making of the app, how might it look or function differently (considergraphics, content, design, colours)?
The contents covered by the application need to be appealing to the users, which means that the multimedia features need to be attractive on the first sight. The GIS features should not compromise the speed of the application and its ability to locate places. I would make sure that the application has the fastest GIS ability to identify geographical locations within a short stint. The maps are a feature that should be updated at all times. Their updates should be in line with the ever changing features on the earth surface. The design used on the application should be eye catching, from all fronts. One should be well acquainted with the application on his or her first look on it. It would be necessary to ensure that the design embraced is unique but does not contradict with the already existing applications that perform the same function. Selling an application and marketing it calls for being creative in all spheres, and that should mark the major point.
Clients always consider how attractive an application is, and the colors play a great role in this task. The colors should not be so striking, but they should represent nature, meaning green would be better placed to tackle this area. The graphics should be easily accommodated on any smart phone, so as to elicit the simplicity desired.
