Hey guys! I think your prototype looks really great. I love the banner photo, I feel like I can picture O’Hara somewhere in that landscape with a little book in his pocket, walking past construction workers and it really makes the mood cool.
The annotations work/look great in Chrome, but aren’t working properly in safari (the first highlight that corresponds with the test annotation is showing up, but clicking on it does nothing, and Edwin Denby is not showing as highlighted). I have an aggressive refusal to run software updates mostly out of an utter lack of patience, so my safari is really old and that’s probably a part of it, but it’s also not unusual for stuff to function differently in different browsers. That’s also something to know generally as you keep working on this that if something seems to not be working you might want to check a different browser (the prof who taught HTML/CSS in my high school neglected to inform us of that and it cost me a lot of hours). I would check the plug in to see if it has anything written about browser compatibility as well.
In terms of the actual functionality, is there a way to opt out of seeing the highlights? I definitely don’t think its necessary, I’m just curious. I think sometimes you don’t even know that you might be interpreting something in the wrong context unless something like a footnote indicates that there’s a meaning you should check for. It might be interesting to let the reader be surprised by what they don’t know and then look as they see fit. I definitely think what you have right now is cool though. It’s definitely very user friendly. The only thing you could consider adding is letting people know they have to click the highlights, but I think most users would figure that out on their own!
What did you notice and do first?- I immediately scrolled through the page to kind of getting my bearings. Some of the first things I noticed was 1. how clean the site was (love the theme you choose) and 2. alllll the text- I was honestly a little overwhelmed at first with the amount of text that is presented immediately to the user. I think maybe by only revealing this later or via another tab and just having more visual and buzzwords or maybe just shorter excerpts revealed right off the bat could be beneficial, but I do realize if you want your learning tool to present the information immediately then the way you have it setup right now works appropriately.
What attracted your interest? The quote you show right below your heading photo is awesome! I wish it was in brighter or bolder text and stood out more to the user! Or maybe you can make it a link where you can click on the quote and then see more from that context or an audio clip; you could definitely use it for a springboard for something else really cool and easy to include on the site. The quote also peaked my interest in O’Hara!
What confused you? The big photo under the poems tab- it was so large and I was like “oh wait, where are the poems”, it takes away from the power of this “poems” tab
What information and instructions do you need that would make your experience more satisfying? I think more interaction overall, but this is only a rough draft so I understand how preliminary this all is; there are so many cool ways you could make the poems interactive especially. If I wanted to read about O’Hara I could easily pick up a book, or even better search him on Wikipedia, so keep that in mind while you’re trying to make your site unique and interesting! Don’t be afraid to take risks too!!!
Hey guys! I think your prototype looks really great. I love the banner photo, I feel like I can picture O’Hara somewhere in that landscape with a little book in his pocket, walking past construction workers and it really makes the mood cool.
The annotations work/look great in Chrome, but aren’t working properly in safari (the first highlight that corresponds with the test annotation is showing up, but clicking on it does nothing, and Edwin Denby is not showing as highlighted). I have an aggressive refusal to run software updates mostly out of an utter lack of patience, so my safari is really old and that’s probably a part of it, but it’s also not unusual for stuff to function differently in different browsers. That’s also something to know generally as you keep working on this that if something seems to not be working you might want to check a different browser (the prof who taught HTML/CSS in my high school neglected to inform us of that and it cost me a lot of hours). I would check the plug in to see if it has anything written about browser compatibility as well.
In terms of the actual functionality, is there a way to opt out of seeing the highlights? I definitely don’t think its necessary, I’m just curious. I think sometimes you don’t even know that you might be interpreting something in the wrong context unless something like a footnote indicates that there’s a meaning you should check for. It might be interesting to let the reader be surprised by what they don’t know and then look as they see fit. I definitely think what you have right now is cool though. It’s definitely very user friendly. The only thing you could consider adding is letting people know they have to click the highlights, but I think most users would figure that out on their own!
Awesome work!
What did you notice and do first?- I immediately scrolled through the page to kind of getting my bearings. Some of the first things I noticed was 1. how clean the site was (love the theme you choose) and 2. alllll the text- I was honestly a little overwhelmed at first with the amount of text that is presented immediately to the user. I think maybe by only revealing this later or via another tab and just having more visual and buzzwords or maybe just shorter excerpts revealed right off the bat could be beneficial, but I do realize if you want your learning tool to present the information immediately then the way you have it setup right now works appropriately.
What attracted your interest? The quote you show right below your heading photo is awesome! I wish it was in brighter or bolder text and stood out more to the user! Or maybe you can make it a link where you can click on the quote and then see more from that context or an audio clip; you could definitely use it for a springboard for something else really cool and easy to include on the site. The quote also peaked my interest in O’Hara!
What confused you? The big photo under the poems tab- it was so large and I was like “oh wait, where are the poems”, it takes away from the power of this “poems” tab
What information and instructions do you need that would make your experience more satisfying? I think more interaction overall, but this is only a rough draft so I understand how preliminary this all is; there are so many cool ways you could make the poems interactive especially. If I wanted to read about O’Hara I could easily pick up a book, or even better search him on Wikipedia, so keep that in mind while you’re trying to make your site unique and interesting! Don’t be afraid to take risks too!!!
Can’t wait to see the next “prototype”!