Avi Bardack - avi@umd.edu Antoni Gmurczyk - agmur@umd.edu Steven O’Brien - ebisumaru@gmail.com Ryan Oaks - roaks@umd.edu

December 7, 2009

ProblemProblem

Current restaurant review sites are not Current restaurant review sites are not directed well toward College Park studentsdirected well toward College Park students Limited info about specific food itemsLimited info about specific food items Difficult for college students to find Difficult for college students to find

restaurants based on their needsrestaurants based on their needs

SolutionsSolutions

Add menu for each restaurant, with Add menu for each restaurant, with reviews and ratings for individual food reviews and ratings for individual food itemsitems

Add searching mechanisms directed Add searching mechanisms directed toward the needs of college studentstoward the needs of college students

Other DesignOther Design

Did not have search boxDid not have search box

Used directory style for every search typeUsed directory style for every search type CriteriaCriteria Restaurant typeRestaurant type

No user loginNo user login

Usability Test Method

General questions Age Gender UMCP Student? Residency Transportation methods Internet access

Dining experience How often go out for food? How often go out to bars? How often order delivery? What's most important when buying food?

Pre-Test FormPre-Test Form

Subjects 8 UMCP College Students

Tasks Freshman Scenario Sushi-Lover Scenario Hungry Pizza-Lover Scenario Save Your Favorite Restaurant Scenario Partying At The Bar Scenario Lonely Scenario

Goal: Make use of the full functionality of the prototype Different search options Compare restaurants (based on different attributes) Locate the restaurant Compare food items Write reviews, etc.

Usability TestUsability Test

HiFi PrototypeHiFi Prototype

Usability Test Results

DISLIKE Search bar options confusing Cannot sort the results by all available critria Not all ratings in reviews apply to all places Main concerns: non-dynamic and lack of visual appeal

ResultsResultsLIKE Concentrated on restaurants around the area Able to compare different attributes of the restaurants Idea of searching for food items Searching from restaurant page On the right track

DemoDemo

Demo.Demo.

The FutureThe Future

InfrastructureInfrastructure

DataData

Page-specificPage-specific

FeaturesFeatures

InfrastructureInfrastructure

Page refresh always requiredPage refresh always required

MS Visual C#MS Visual C#

Rewrite code baseRewrite code base

DataData

SourceSource

Restaurant Owners Restaurant Owners

UsersUsers

Restaurant ResultsRestaurant Results

HoursHours

Food ResultsFood ResultsFood LinkFood Link

Horizontal ScanningHorizontal Scanning

WhitespaceWhitespace

WhitespaceWhitespace

Things We Didn’t Account ForThings We Didn’t Account For

Food reviews need a LOT of dataFood reviews need a LOT of data

Different food sizesDifferent food sizes

Autonomous ratingsAutonomous ratings

Searching by service/atmosphereSearching by service/atmosphere

Food typesFood types

Questions?Questions?

No?No?

GoodGood

Thank you, come againThank you, come again