Monday, February 9, 2009

Mockup 6 Review

Along with the other recent mockups, Mockup 6 doesn't change much from the design of Mockup 2. The registration page, password recovery page, and create team page should have been removed due to integration with Hackystat. Same goes with being able to change email and password.

The leveling system might be difficult for those with little knowledge of the military to understand. Also I seriously doubt it's possible to create 120 achievements that is needed to hit the highest levels. Like the other mockups, the information on how the leveling works should be found in the FAQ.

There should be a link to the Achievement page on the drop down menu. Some of the new achievements that they added are questionable. For example I don't think someone should be reward for being a slacker.

Like the other mockups, the team profile page still needs an example of what it will look like with more than 1 project.

The My Matches page allows some info at a glance on a match. Still the amount of information should be reduced assuming there will be a large number of matches. Also like the other mockups, there are 2 link to My Matches in the drop down menu.

One of their strong features is standardizing achievement icons and improving the color scheme for them. Having information at a glance for My Matches is useful but one has to be careful not to go overboard. Some weaker points include some questionable achievements. It will be difficult to figure out someone's level at a glance using their leveling system. Also the number of badges needed to level should definitely be brought down.

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