Shuangshuang Huo – Home Feast App

https://www.flinto.com/p/2824602f

When I made this prototype according to the app map and wireframes, I made some design changes.

1. I removed the social functions according to teacher’s suggestion. Without the social functions, I found the sign up and sign in functions and “favorite” bottom tab are not necessary any more, as well as my first view of choosing feast type. That view was just to categorize the feast list in order to let other people find feast lists more conveniently. Therefore, I removed them all and I found the app structure became clearer.

2. I removed the “settings” button on the top. Last week, I thought putting a settings button in an app is like a custom, but this week, I found it doesn’t have many actual functions, so I removed it to make the app clearer.

3. I differentiated the “add my own” view and “remarks” view. At first I thought they are all just text editors, but this time when I actually drew them out, I found they are totally different.

4. I redesigned the final list view to make it more visual.

loading viewdish type 1 appetizer 1 dessert drinkrecipe view add my own 2final list stretching view

First Design Prototype

Slight changes i made from from the wireframe based on feedback:

  • Merge the splash screen and landing page – Also upon opening the app, it will automatically show the dessert restaurants around you by random order
  • Leave out Desserts as a tab option & incorporate it as a search bar
  • Reduce the amount of text on your DASH cart page

Here’s just a layout design of the main pages.

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Prototype 2

The link to the prototype (Even the home bottom is tappable )

Sorry I cannot be in class tomorrow so any kind of feedback on this prototype would be appreciated.

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zeqinghong.com/simplejuice

Changes from last version:

1. in the 3step screen, the size of the calendar is optimized for touch and the icons now are accompanied with titles

2. add more space to the flavor screen

3. on the list screen, check boxes are added next to calendar

4. tap bar now has four functions

5.comfirmation page is added when user taps on add a new one

6. customize  the drink by swipe left on the list screen

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Digital Prototype on little kitchen

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https://www.flinto.com/prototypes/158315

What I learned from paper prototyping
My initial idea of this kitchen is an app designed for two kinds of users – foodies and cooks, which is too ambitious and it turned out to be odd while testing. The users get confused when they were playing with the paper wireframes. Without the explanation, it’s not that clear for first time users.

That’s why in the flinto prototype, I removed the functions for cooks and refined the whole apps. Now it will only serve users who are trying new food at new places.

Vote1,2,3

Sketch

AppMap

Wireframe

Criteria

  • A simple voting system for restaurant food review
  • Users will see the current top 3 dishes in a restaurant
  • if searching for a specific type of food, users will be shown the current top 3 restaurants with the food near them.
  • Encourage users to vote with the rewarding system

Target Audience

Someone who wants to make the right order but doesn’t have time to go through all positive and negative reviews on restaurant apps like Yelp

Precedents

Foodspotting, Dish.fm, Yelp

 

Crossy Road – App Review

http://www.crossyroad.com/

I didn’t notice that this app has been so popular that the vide review has been played for over 1,000,000 hits. I like the aesthetics, it reminds me of one of my favorite games – Minecraft. Each character is nicely designed and looks every appealing. The according map they design is funny and perfectly fits the character. And they hide nice details in the process when playing the game. The ad added there is acceptable too.

The UI is pixelated, pure colored and simple enough to play with. The gaming is simple too. I personally are not a big player but I play it now and then without any notification from the app. So I think this is a success.