Salesforce QA Analysis:
It is easy to complete basic tasks. It only takes one or two clicks to finish a basic task on both the computer and phone. A minor issue I noticed when adding a contact was the contrast between the background and the text. The black text on a white background has sufficient color contrast, but the text was on the smaller side and very thin. I watched my dad miss a couple required fields when filling out the contact form. Maybe the size of the text failed to represent important fields. I think those with poor eyesight or the elderly could find this aspect inaccessible.
Target Demographic: amateur artists looking to sell their artwork
Accessibility: I focused on readability of text by using a sans serif font and a lowest size of 14
New feature: My eyeglass icon points in the opposite direction than those I’ve seen.
I learned how to use Figma fairly well. The prototyping was interesting. The only easy thing was making the logo, because I’m familiar with the pen tool from Adobe. Everything else was challenging. The biggest challenge that really prevented me from getting an earlier start was choosing a color scheme. I wanted to use something other than blue and orange, which is my go-to, but I really hated everything I came up with on coolors and the Adobe color wheel. Simplifying to two colors was the best thing I did for the entire project. I personally didn’t feel I got anything from the QA Analysis, and I think it may have even taken away from design time. Next time you assign the project, I’d leave it out. My time examining color will help me in the future.
I was inspired by Alan Cooper’s article on designers coding, because the thought that I might’ve had to code my app on top of all the work it took to design it made me ill. His staunch view against designers taking time away from designing to code was very reassuring. My only positive experience with coding was sitting next to my textbook and following each step from the very beginning to make a little faux website in Web Programming. It is not an intuitive process for me, so I don’t know where to start on my own or be innovative in this way.
Like I said, I struggled, and I’ll continue to struggle through this class. I did put my best effort in, though, so I hope that’s ok.
Testing Results: https://maze.design/projects/19882087/mazes/19881939/results