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A wiki for every Facebook user, allowing you to learn more about friends, organize information, and express yourself. Searchable, user-friendly, and no app installation required.

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  1. Blurbs The Wiki All About You

  2. The Need • Express oneself • Learn more about a friend or acquaintance • Organize information

  3. …and other important points from the contextual inquiry • Preference of profile over canvas pages • Desire to explore without installing app

  4. The Solution • A wiki for every Facebook user • Request Functionality • Searchable

  5. Demonstration

  6. Implementation • Apache / PHP / MySQL technology stack provided by inst and the CS160 staff • About 50% profile, 50% canvas • FBJS AJAX for Dynamic Profile Box • Relatively simple DB Schema • Blurbs table • Requests table

  7. Architecture Diagram Blurbs Profile Box Requests Tab (on someone else’s profile) Requests Tab (on own profile) Recent Blurbs Tab Search Tab Contribute Tab Database Requests Blurbs Blurbs Canvas View Blurb Page All Friends’ Blurbs Page Specific User’s Blurbs Page Search Page Edit Blurb Page

  8. Usability Study: Methodology • 4 Users • Think Aloud Protocol • Training Task • 6 Real Tasks • Questionnaire • Semi-structured Interview

  9. Usability Study: Qualitative Data • Positive • All users found the profile box aesthetically pleasing • All users felt the process to handle a pending request is clear • Negative • None of the users could accurately describe the purpose of the application • 2 out of 4 users commented instead of editing • 3 out of 4 users did not think to make a request

  10. Usability Study: Quantitative Data

  11. Usability Study: Conclusions • Positive: • Employing Facebook conventions pleases users • Prominent text and links aid task completion • Negative: • Purpose needs clarification • Collaborative nature of the application is not conveyed well • The context in which to submit a request is not apparent

  12. Usability Study: Design Changes • Make explanation text in profile box more prominent • Make “Edit Blurb” link more prominent • Make suggestion to request more prominent

  13. Future Work • Implement design changes brought to light by usability study • Add originally planned features that didn’t make it into the prototype • Privacy Settings • Revision control • Photos • Viral Aspect

  14. Questions

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