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Thankfully, my project was on decent footing style-wise when I sent it off for final feedback. Beyond adding a way to immediately fill in the Mad Lib templates that a user had just submitted and clarifying buttons and instructions in several places, the overall comprehension of my site was high.

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For this first round of feedback, I spoke to two friends who had never seen the site before and asked them if my app was easy to use and intuitive. Almost immediately, I found out it was not.

I have added instructions in several places, as well as cleaned up my font sizes and added additional links to the sections of the site instead of relying on what I thought were clearly placed buttons. Thankfully, most of my non-navigational form elements seemed self explanatory, but that might be because these particular friends are Mad Lib connoisseurs. The next time I solicit feedback, I need to make sure I choose friends who are less familiar with the conventions of filling in Mad Libs.

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The Lib Library

https://lib-library.netlify.com/

https://github.com/aliciacasiano/lib-library

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As a user, I can...

...register for The Lib Library.
...log in to The Lib Library.
...enter a blank Mad Lib for others to fill in.
...click a button and load a random Mad Lib to fill in.
...delete my Mad Lib templates.
...fill in a Mad Lib template.
...store my finished Mad Libs and view them later.
...delete my filled in Mad Libs.

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As a user, I can...

...register for The Lib Library.
...log in to The Lib Library.
...change my username, email address, and password.
...update my profile.
...enter a blank Mad Lib for others to fill in.
...add keywords to my Mad Lib templates so that they can be easily searched and categorized.
...search for Mad Libs to fill in.
...click a button and load a random Mad Lib to fill in.

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The Lib Library

Fill in your own hilarious mad libs and create templated stories for others to complete.

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Landing Page (/)

what the user sees: A banner, a header containing login and registration buttons, a welcoming blurb.
what the user does: Clicks through to log in or register.
what happens: The user is forwarded on to /login or /register.


Login Page (/login)

what the user sees: Username/password blanks encouraging them to log in.

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This time I spoke with the same three people I did for my first round of feedback.

The app was received well, better than the last time, and none of my testers were confused. All of my styling and art are in place, and no one had a problem with any of it.

I am continuing to tweak this app, but I am almost done.

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I spoke to my mother and two close friends. They alerted me to some hard to read spots in my app, and I have worked with my font sizes and placements to make things easier to distinguish. They also weren't sure of what they were meant to do with the app in general, so I added a lot more flavor text in the hopes that the promise of goodies and neat things to build and accomplish in the future might make Lofthi feel less hollow.

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I requested feedback on my portfolio from my mother and two of my close friends. They shared their opinions on the layout of my site, its colors, and its content.

I added a gradient and overlay to my section separators and lightened my bio image considerably to give the page a lighter feel overall. I also changed around some of my colors and wording to make things clearer. My portfolio as a whole was deemed intriguing and informative, and all of my testers said their experience looking through it was a positive one.