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Figure 2: When users search for “meatloaf” they get a “Did you mean?” result with a misspelling Participants also expressed a desire to have more advanced search options, as well as the ability to view their most recent searches and recipes. There were a number of issues that our participants found when using the filter options. First, and most importantly, the filters do not currently allow users to select vegetarian or vegan options. One of our participants, who is a vegetarian, was highly frustrated with this and felt that the website was not a good fit for her because of this oversight. We also found that the filters do not always work as expected. For instance, filtering for dairy free options returns results that do, in fact, contain dairy. Specifically, many of these results contained butter. We also found that, in addition to wanting a filter for vegetarian recipes, participants expressed interest in wanting to filter by specific ingredients or nutritional value. There was also some confusion over what the “seasonal” filter referred to, and they wondered if this feature was somehow based on their geographic location. Recommendations The search and filter options are of central importance to users, and we recommend that GastroMighty invest in making them as usable as possible. Correcting the internal dictionary of the site, and making sure that search returns appropriate results is of utmost importance for a good experience with the website. Additionally, users would greatly benefit from additional filters, and we feel that a vegetarian filter is critical towards addressing a significant demographic’s needs. Of secondary importance is giving users the ability to filter by vegan recipes, by recipes that are under a certain calorie limit, and by recipes that have specific ingredients. We also suggest creating an advanced search option so that users can search, for example, for recipes that contain chicken but not mushrooms. We feel that Google’s advanced search option would be a good model for GastroMighty to work from. Finally, including a “Recently Viewed” area would help users remember what recipes they have already looked at, and would aid them in easily finding recipes that they want to see again. Usability Testing Report 10
5. Interface design should remain minimalist but must meet user expectations GastroMighty’s user interface experience has been paradoxical for our usability participants. On one hand, almost everyone agreed they liked GastroMighty’s modern minimalist look. On the other hand, once participants started working with the website, they encountered hindrances that were due to the interface design. In our opinion, the important examples include: • Color usage in a predominantly monochromatic theme: Blue is used in a gray palette which caught our participants’ attention thus affecting the tasks contrary to our expectations. Figure 3: recipe page In the image above, participants noticed ‘Add comment’ more than they noticed “Back” or “+ Meal Plan” which caused them to exit the page and go back to recipe listing to add it to the meal plan. Another example of confusing color usage is marking the favorited recipe in green which not only is barely distinguishable but also might be a potential problem for colorblind users (508 compliance) • In most cases, buttons and tasks related to a workflow are not placed where one expects them to be and hence makes it difficult to locate them. Figure 4: Create meal plan Usability Testing Report 11
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