My review of Indian event booking site - Explara, as a product designer, developer, end user and first time user of the mobile app on android.

1. EXPLARA FOR ANDROID
My Mobile First User Experience
Harry Ven

2. Ok, lets get
started

3. Nice, starting page, uses all
the space to make the app
look attractive and fun

4. On clicking
signup

5. On clicking
sign in. So far,
so good.

6. Oh wait. Why is explara
asking user name in
signup and email address
in sign in? Confusing.

7. On Pressing back, it goes
out of the app.
Have to relaunch it
again.

8. Okay, why should I create
a log in, let me first try out
what it has before giving
my information.
Trying the skip option.

9. Loadddddddddding …..
On my 2g
By using progress bar,
explara makes me feel
am waiting for ever.
Probably they could use
instructional overlay or a
cheerful picture
message when they are
loading all those
amazing events for
me!!!!

10. What?
Really???
No collection or No
connection?
Could you connect or
not connect? What are
you trying to say?
If I was not reviewing it, I
would have been out by
now!!!

11. Ok lets check the Settings
menu
Hmmm… Nothing
interesting

12. Do u really have nothing
for me?
Let me click on the
search icon

13. Clicking on sports
Just one each??? That’s
all you have for me
Explara?

14. Clicking on one of the
event
So boring to read!!!!
No images to make me
thrilled about riding.
Image taking its own
sweet time.

15. On clicking message
icon.
Nice feature.
The text can read
something like “How can
I help you have an
awesome time this
weekend”. Would make
me more interested in
chatting with you,
explara!!!

16. On pressing back.
Aah… this feels much
more better.

17. On pressing back.
I mean, really? Still?
Should I try again later or
never???

18. Ok, let me go through the
search again!!!
Entertainment, now!

19. Ok, not bad for a skeleton
page.
Is that African map?
Interesting.

20. Finally!
Wait, now people do PMP
for entertainment?

21. What’s up with these sub
categories?
Entertainment within
entertainment?
Arts, workshop? No idea!
Still, only one each in
each sub categories?

22. Boring text! Again!No description!!!

23. Food Category.

24. I am done with the sub-
categories!!! For ever!!!

25. Probably my experience
will be better if I Login?
Lets try!!!

26. What?
I just gave you my
facebook credentials

27. Oh okay. That was just a
intermediate page!!!
Thanks Lord.
Could use a better page
as intermediate!!!

28. Holy Lord!!!!!
Ok, let me at least check
my settings …

29. … and
Ooops!!!!!

30. Finally….. Heaven is here.

31. What does the attractive
red button do?
Nice!!!!!
This is what I was talking
about (or not).

32. Jolly go ride!!!!

33. Is it on Oct or
September!!!
Uffff!!!

34. Why will I even click on a
event that is past
dated???
Most people will just miss
this!!!!

35. Ok, let me try settings
again
No luck, never

36. And I land here
And nothing happens on
clicking the amazing
icons!!!
So much for aesthetics!!!

37. Somehow I land here..
Again, I don’t get you –
sub categories, I truly
don’t!

38. Okay, now this looks
awesome… if you have
the patience to wait for
so long
Let me try some funky
stuff… like swipe to refresh

39. And it keeps refreshing
For ever

40. FINAL VERDICT
 Explara is like water at 10000 feet, if you have the energy , and
time to dig deep enough!