RE: [Heartlogic-dev] goal status prototype

[Josh White]

Great to see a prototype. My comments:

1) for the average user, mandatory login will not work.  As a casual but
curious user I would never bother registering for a site like this.  I
suggest using cookies and tracking people that way. As a casual user that's
what I expect a modern website to do. Much less invasive than asking my name
and email.  

2) I'm sorry to say that the casual user will have no idea what to do with
this 'create a story' type page. I certainly don't get it, even with your
tutorial.  I don't understand the point or purpose to making a story, and I
don't understand how to componse a story using the boxes you have.

3) I assume the story will appear eventually where it now says "At the
moment, there are no construals to rate at this level. Try a different
level."  If so, do you expect a casual user to know what a construal is? 

-Josh

> -----Original Message-----
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>  On Behalf Of Joshua N Pritikin
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 4:22 AM
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> Subject: [Heartlogic-dev] goal status prototype
> 
> 
> Here is a prototype of my proposal for these two items from our plan:
> 
> 1. Hot-or-not style single-click rotation of the following:
> 2. User contributed cues and exploring the statistical results of #1
> 
> You can find it at the usual place:
> 
>   http://ohl.nirmalvihar.info
> 
> To get through all the screens quickly, follow the tour instructions
> below:
> 
> 1. Create an account (there should not be any surprises here)
> 
> 2. Click the "Submit Story" link on the front page.
> 
> 3. Enter your favorite cue, such as "Tracy wants an apple. 
> Mommy puts on her glasses."  In this example, the topics are 
> probably apple and glasses.
> 
> 4. Whenever you need more space on the form, click the "Save 
> Changes" button.
> 
> 5. When you are finished, send me email.  I'll "approved" the 
> cue. Once the cue is approved then you can't change it anymore.
> 
> 6. Go back to the web site and logout.  Rate the 
> believability of various goal statuses.
> 
> 7. Wait a day or two to make sure that there are enough ratings.
> 
> 8. Login again to the web site.
> 
> 9. Click on "My Stories".  Click on one of your stories.  
> This is the statistical summary.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
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