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Page 1: Fall 2008  1 CIS 764 Database Systems Engineering L25 Your Usability Reports.

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L25 Your Usability Reports

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My “usability rating” for you …

based on readability of your report readability of your homework page detection of errors in Northwind detection of errors in CIS, 501, MSE, student page clear statement / identification of some good feature clear statement / identification of some bad feature

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Northwind: several found the site not working , could not judge further ….

but …

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Northwind: even with the site not working : font … color contrast in headings no site support link no overview … what is the site? order history should not be allowed pre-login

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Northwind: not certified site no create user id no secure login visited links not distinguished smaller product font size no product catagories; no id’s no images of products; no descriptions no review / suggestions of products

no secure transactions not clear total cost

… not so good demo of the development tool !

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CIS site:

some said “just fine” ….

but …

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CIS site:

-Large png on one page .. only issue for slow service … “instant” … Manhattan, KS DSL (6 Meg) 40 seconds … Council Grove, KS, Wildblue satelite (150KB) … but image is 640 KB png, compressed to 150K jpg

- Links to other sites … KSU, MSE (inconsistent layouts)

KSU … rounded, pictures of campus CIS … rectangular, pics of spinning circular ???

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CIS 501 info:

- Natural to look for 501 under courses … not there ! several used search …

and found 501 goals page ….

but …

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useing search …

to 501 goals page ….

… that is old page (2005 from previous instructor)

(instructor has changed, focus has changed, language has changed, … )

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Where is 501 course site?

catalog description is at ksu.edu site

current syllabus is at KSU On-line site … private for current students !!!!!!!

(only the 501 TA knew that !)

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MSE info:

-- 12 links to get there (one link is on text embedded in a paragraph !)

-- not a consistent site

-- no links to MSE students

-- scope of search is not correct

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Sites reviews:

several listed many “generic” comments … but no specific features.

some found: http://www.webpractices.com/samplesites.htm

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Good sites … but general comments:

google … simple Commerce bank apple.com

Dell ………….. Easy

buy.com … speed

Amazon … supports key functions / rich functions backpackit.com ebay

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some specific features:

woot.com …. Creates prefilled order form

buy.com … categories, suggestions form reviews of products garmin.com … search feature tabs, drop down menus

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Some negative features:

uniforms … busy

borders … busy animations, weak search (with example)

macy …. Obscure “pay bill” homedepot.com

Microsoft.com … no pricing w/o account

Katspaws …. No thumbs of items

Alrightdeals.com no product categories, no reviews

hp …. Many ads

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espn … slow graphics / flash

martioalartsmart.net … long lists (need to scroll) slow pages

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Zebo.com form name (not first, last) image missing empty feature box categories mixed

Buy.com long pages blinking items mixed fonts multiple / popup ads

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Tigerdirecrt.com

select an item … shows many related items ???

?? Choice of menu items on left (CIS) Pop-down items on top …

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Remaining requirements:

-Technical presentation to the class (see posted items in Slides08)

(generally, conceptual , not the tutorial)

*** final overview question about the talks

-“Step-by-step” tutorial (see posted items under Tutorials08)

if / when you submit a tutorial, send a review of the next tutorial .

- “paper” … brief sample of your writing.

- project: post documents, code

give some report to the class

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Remaining days:**

Thurs, Tues 12/09 … open for presentations

weekend …. Paper, tutorial

next week: review other tutorial

12/11 … brief showing of project results

(demo / shots , sample docs)

Fri 12/12 post project document ;

review question (over presentations)

** slight delay for off-campus

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End.