Human Computer Interaction
Applying Nielsen's Heuristics on
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Group Members
►Shafiq Ur Rehman 43
►Abbas Karim 55
►Shahab Uddin 44
User Control & Freedom
User Control & Freedom
►Issue : Unable to cancel.
►Severity : 3
►Heuristics Violated : User Control & Freedom
►Description : When you are up for a safe deal and you
suddenly come to know this is not the perfect one you
were looking for so you want to cancel it but there is no
option.
Consistency & Standards
Consistency & Standards
►Issue : Uncertain situation/action
►Severity : 2
►Heuristics Violated : Consistency & Standards
►Description : when you have completed the required
fields and you click on the post button to post your ad but
you find this situation you can’t tackle.
User Control & Freedom
User Control & Freedom
►Issue : Unable to edit your phone number.
►Severity : 3
►Heuristics Violated : User Control & Freedom
►Description : When you become the member on the site
you have to provide your contact number but you can’t
update it. You may need to change your phone number
after few months because the earlier number might not be
in your use now.
Error Prevention
Error Prevention
►Issue : Not preventing us the better way.
►Severity : 2
►Heuristics Violated : Error Prevention
►Description : When you are going to delete your OLX
user account it should have prevented you by just giving
you the message that it can’t be undone and your data
will be lost.
Next Member:
Name: Abbas Karim
Roll No: 55
User Control & Freedom
User Control & Freedom
►Issue : Unable to edit your profile Pic.
►Severity : 1
►Heuristics Violated : User Control & Freedom.
►Description : When you just want to add your profile
pic or the profile pic was selected because you just logged
in with your Google account and you just come to know
you can’t edit it.
Recognition over Recall
Recognition over Recall
►Issue : Not having proper info about the management.
►Severity : 0
►Heuristics Violated : Recognition over Recall
►Description : When you just want to know about the
management of the site and you visit the profiles but you
don’t get the proper information you want by just
providing a link through which you could get the
information.
Aesthetic & Minimalist Design
Aesthetic & Minimalist Design
►Issue : Irrelevant content.
►Severity : 0
►Heuristics Violated : Aesthetic & Minimalist Design
►Description : There is kind of unnecessary content that
says the number of followers or the ones you are following
but doesn’t let you know they are.
Next Member
Name: Shahabuddin
Roll No: 44
Recognize, Diagnose & Recover from Errors
Recognize, Diagnose & Recover from Errors
►Issue : Not a proper solution of an error.
►Severity : 3
►Heuristics Violated : Recognize, Diagnose & Recover
from Errors
►Description : When you log in to your account it just
shows an error that you have to try another way to sign in
but doesn’t really say what other way you should go for.
Recognition over Recall
Recognition over Recall
►Issue : Not a proper way to restrict user.
►Severity : 0
►Heuristics Violated : Recognition over Recall
►Description : When you fill required fields of your ad in
description it asks you to write at least 20 characters but
still lets you move to the next field and creating a
problem at the end.
Familiar Metaphors & Language
Familiar Metaphors & Language
►Issue : Not a proper way to describe the link
►Severity : 0
►Heuristics Violated : Familiar Metaphors & Language
►Description : It lets you know more by giving you a link
by saying click here but not in the proper way which users
are used to with and which is the blue color for link.
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