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By: Ben, Eric, and Mohtashim

LA CHEF

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The Design Problem

How can a system teach people to cook?

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Who are our users?

Teenagers

Adults

Parents

Instructors

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From the Research

People like good, relevant information

  • Pictures
  • Time cost
  • Instructions and clarity

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Our Requirements

Must Haves

  • Plenty of Recipes with searching
  • Ingredients
  • Pictures
  • Cooking/Prep Times
  • Searchable Culinary Encyclopedia
  • Favourites

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Our Requirements

Should Haves

  • Expanded Search options (ingredients, cook/prep time, difficulty)
  • Grocery List

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Our Design

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Our Design

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The Main Menu

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Culinary Encyclopedia

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Social Networking Avatars

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Heuristic Evaluation

Found many minor cosmetic and minor usability issues

  • Favourites list not updating immediately
  • No at-a-glance indication a recipe is a favourite
  • No way to know if visible recipes are from a search, favourites, or other lists.

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Very few major issues

  • Not clear what to do on main menu with cube
  • Not validating input for time search

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The next iteration

Most issues found can be fixed quickly without touching the GUI.

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A few require additional controls or information on the GUI.

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Time to include the other should have features.

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