iNaturalist.org final presentation for Marti Hearst's UI class at UC Berkeley's School of Information
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HE Violation 3
Confusing Layout of Callout Controls
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HE Violation 3
Confusing Layout of Callout Controls
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HE Violation 4
Confusing & Unnecessary Save Button
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HE Violation 4
Confusing & Unnecessary Save Button
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Other Changes From HE
• Warning dialog when deleting an observation
• Eliminated a bug that would create an undeletable map marker
• Changed “Edit” to “Done” in the add callout
• Made map-search label more explicit
• Grey tips in form fields
• Layout/Aesthetic Changes
• shrunk header, footer, margins
• widened observation list
• changed map footer’s color
• Improved font and labeling
consistency
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Pilot Study
1. Discoverability of Interaction
2. Adding Observations Efficiency
3. Editing Observations Efficiency
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Participants
• Three participants
• All the users were familiar with computers
• Most users were familiar with Google Maps
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Discoverability
• Is the interface obvious?
• Are the instructions in an obvious location?
Time to Complete Number of Errors
4s 6
5
3s
4
2s 3
2
1s
1
0s 0
Left Click Right Click Modal Left Click Right Click Modal
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Adding Efficiency
• Does the interface prevent errors?
• Can users add data quickly?
Time to Complete Number of Errors
6
6 min
5
5 min
4
4 min
3
3 min
2
2 min
1
1 min
0 min 0
Left Click Right Click Modal Left Click Right Click Modal
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Editing Efficiency
• How do users find an observation in a list?
• How do users expect to move
observations?
• How long does it take to learn?
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Follow-up Interview
• Simple to use, clean, clear design
• Interaction methods were understandable
• Preferred Left and Right click over Modal
• Moving observations was simple
• Instructions were not obvious at first
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Where We’re Going
• (probably) a final
project
• species identification
• tap existing data
• interact with other
people!
• observation exploration
• social incentives to
participants and get
outside