November 25, 2015
IS4300 – Fall 2015
Prof. Bickmore
Team 1 Heuristic Evaluation - AskNote
Mostafa Al Khonaizi
1. When I try to perform an irreversible step, the application show a confirmation message.
Good
Usability Heuristic: Error prevention
2. For task 1, I don’t see the newly added cards when I first add them. The screen doesn’t seem
to update. I have to go back then enter my deck again to see them.
Severity: Minor
Usability Heuristic: Visibility of system status
3. When adding a card, the textboxes for each side are extremely big.
Severity: Cosmetic
Usability Heuristic: Aesthetic and minimalist design
4. I know this is a far stretch, but if you can make it to support the tab function, it would be
great! I also found myself moving a lot between mouse and keyboard, especially in task 1 while
adding cards, which is a little bit annoying.
Severity: Minor
Usability Heuristic: Flexibility and efficiency of use
5. There are no instructions to be found anywhere. Consider adding simple one-line instructions
explaining perhaps the function of each section or the steps that needs to be taken
Severity: Minor
Usability Heuristic: Help and documentation
6. I like how you have “back” and “home” button. If used properly, they can speed up the
process and even help me recover from simple mistakes like clicking on the wrong section.
Good
Usability Heuristic: Flexibility and efficiency of use and error recovery
7. In the friends list, the font use is inconsistent. Also, consider adding “Add Friend” and
“Delete” texts in their respective buttons.
Severity: Cosmetic
Usability Heuristic: Aesthesis
8. In the quiz section, you have a very big empty space. Consider scaling that to the page.
Severity: Cosmetic
Usability Heuristic: Aesthesis
9. In the whole application but specifically the quiz section, it would be great if the user can
change font size.
Severity: Cosmetic
Usability Heuristic: Aesthesis
10. In the quiz section, consider adding on which card you are on (e.g. 1 out of 3, 2 out of 3, and
so on). Also it is unclear on which side of the card I am on.
Severity: Minor
Usability Heuristic: Visibility of system status and recognition rather than recall
11. In quizzing friends, font is barely visible.
Severity: Cosmetic
Usability Heuristic: Aesthesis
12. In quizzing friends, I am not exactly sure what the functionality of the “response” box is.
Severity: Minor
Usability Heuristic: Consistency and standards
Overall comment: I think you did a great job designing and programming this. Great start! Keep
it up!