Here is 3 paper prototypes for our software.(News Room of Infolanka.lk).
Paper
prototype 1
Breakpoints and supposed solutions.
1. Find
older news articles.
Finding older articles is
implemented on the top left hand corner of the site. The user can enter a year
and press the Go button. If there are older news articles of the specified year
in the site, it will be shown on the post column else an error message will be
displayed. Since viewing of older articles option is implemented at the top, it
is clearly visible and understandable to the user.
2. Unable
to find the link to go to chat room.
The user can go to the chat room by
clicking on the Services tab; a drop down list, which will show listed other
options of the site (other than viewing news articles). In this tab, a link to
chat room is provided. This drop down list is implemented at the top for better
viewing for the user.
3. View
the entire description of the post.
The user can view the entire
description by pressing on the Read link which is clearly provided with the
post description. Since the provided name “Read” is understandable, the user
can straight away click it without doubt to view the entire post.
4. Unable
to find the link to view local songs.
By pressing on the Services tab; a
drop down list, the Local Songs can be viewed. This provided option is much
understandable to the user than the option of “Miyuru Gee” which is stated at
the site, which probably might cause confusion.
5. Date
and time is not clearly visible.
The current local date and time is
provided at the top of the page. It clear states the time in the correct format
and the date. Since it is at the top with clear font, it is directly visible to
the user and the user doesn’t have to look for it.
6. No
option to save post.
The option to save a post is given
at the end of the news post as a Save button. Hence, the user can press on this
if he/she desire to save a news post. The provided Save button is clear to the
user since such an option is not given at the implemented web site.
7. Unable
to find a link to view advertisements featured by the site.
Advertisements featured by the site
can be viewed by pressing on the Services tab; a drop down list, which clear
provides a link to Advertisements. This provided option will not cause any
confusion for the user if he/she needs to view only the advertisements of the
site.
8. Unable
to find the number of views of a news post.
The number of views of the news
post is given at the end of the post. The user can easily find out the exact
number of people who have viewed the article.
9. Unable
to find the author of the news post.
The author of the news post is
provided at the end of the description of the post. It is clear and visible to
the user.
10. Unable
to find the date of the news post.
The date of the news post is
provided at the end of the description. Therefore, the user can easily find the
date relevant for each news post.
Paper
prototype 2
Breakpoints and supposed solutions.
1. Find
older news articles.
The user can find older news
articles by selecting a year and pressing the Search button. This is
implemented at the left hand corner of the site. If there are posts under the
selected year, it will be shown on the news post column else an error message
will be displayed.
2. Unable
to find the link to go to chat room.
The link to Chat Room is provided
at the top right hand corner of the site. The user can click on it and visit
the chat room. This is implemented with visible font so it can be easily seen
by the user.
3. View
the entire description of the post.
The user can read the entire
description of the news post by clicking on the Full Description link provided
at the end of the description. This will show the entire news post. This
implementation is understandable to the user.
4. Unable
to find the link to view local songs.
The local songs can be viewed by
pressing on Local Songs tab implemented at the top of the page. This link is
given at the top for clear visibility and the font is also visible to the user.
5. Date
and time is not clearly visible.
The date is provided at the left
hand corner as a Calendar and the time is shown as a Clock. Since this is
implemented at the top of the site and it is quite visible, the user doesn’t
have to look for the local date and time.
6. No
option to save post.
The news post can be saved by the
user if he/she wishes to do so by pressing on the Save Post option given at the
end of the description. Therefore, saving of the post can be done without much
hassle.
7. Unable
to find a link to view advertisements featured by the site.
The advertisements belonging to the
site can be viewed by pressing on the Advertisements tab provided at the top of
the page. This is implemented with clear font so that it can be easily spotted
by the user.
8. Unable
to find the number of views of a news post.
The user can find out the number of
views of the post by clicking on the Post Details which is implemented at the
end of the description of the post. This will show the exact number of people
who have read the news post.
9. Unable
to find the author of the news post.
The author relevant to the news
post can be viewed by pressing on the Post Details which is implemented at the
end of the post’s description.
10. Unable
to find the date of the news post.
The date of the news post can be
viewed by pressing on the Post Details which is implemented at the end of the
post’s description.
Paper prototype 3.
Breakpoints and supposed solutions.
1. Find
older news articles.
The
user can find older news articles by selecting a year and pressing the view icon.
It is implemented under the left side menu list.
2. Unable
to find the link to go to chat room.
There
is a set of clear icons on the top of the page. Chat room icon can be notify
there with an image of two talking people.
3.
View the entire description of the post.
Users
can view entire description of a post by clicking on Read button which appear
in each news post.
4.
Unable to find the link to view local
songs.
Icon
to go the local songs page is on the top of the page. It is in the list of
icons on the top of the page.
5. Date
and time is not clearly visible.
In
this prototype, a digital clock and date is on the top of the page. It’s located
below to the name of page.
6. No
option to save post.
In
each post there is an icon with down arrow. It’s usually used to download
something. So with that meaning users can clearly identify place to save the
post.
7. Unable
to find a link to view advertisements featured by the site.
This
link also on the top of the page in top icon set with image with “ADS”.
8.
Unable to find the number of views of a
news post.
In
each and every post there is a number with a graph. This is usually used to
show numbers of views.
9.
Unable to find the author of the news post.
In
each news post, author can see beginning of the post with an icon of a man.
10. Unable
to find the date of the news post.
In
every news post you can find date after the title of the post.
