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The Simpsons Portal

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Simpsons Fans. TV Watchers. Computer Users. College Students ... Browse through seasons of The Simpsons and read a specific episode's plot summary (easy) ... – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: The Simpsons Portal


1
The Simpsons Portal
2
Overview
  • Problem we are addressing
  • Our user tasks
  • UI design

3
User Community
  • Simpsons Fans
  • TV Watchers
  • Computer Users
  • College Students

4
Current user practices
  • Reruns
  • Trading Episodes
  • Chat
  • Trivia
  • Research

5
Picture of Users Screen
6
Solution
  • Allow concurrent searching, browsing, and
    watching of archives
  • Provide additional information
  • Plot summaries
  • References
  • Episode Dialogue
  • Create a community
  • Watch episodes together
  • Interact
  • Chat
  • Trivia Competitions

7
Solution
8
User Testing Tasks
  1. Browse through seasons of The Simpsons and read a
    specific episodes plot summary (easy)
  2. Search for a specific episode and watch it
    (medium)
  3. While watching the episode, join a chat and look
    up a piece of trivia (hard)

9
UI Overview
  • Button Bar
  • Fixed Frames
  • Different Views
  • Explorer-style Information

10
Button Bar
  • Continuous access to all of the features of the
    site
  • Select the frame to display information
  • Multiple screen formats

11
Button Bar
12
Button Bar
13
Fixed Frames
Standard View
14
Different Views
Extended View
15
Different Views
Full screen mode
16
Explorer Style Information
Plus/minus menu metaphor
17
Development of the Pop-ups
18
Demonstrate Site
19
Review
  • Must represent many forms of information
  • Must display a large volume of information
  • Must be flexible, accessible
  • Different info in different regions
  • Menus allow deep information
  • Multiple views allow customization

20
Not Yet Implemented
  • Complete episode information
  • Proper streaming video
  • Chat and Trivia functions
  • Full Screen mode
  • Database
  • State PHP, Dynamic Page Generation

21
Tools
  • DreamWeaver
  • Emacs
  • Photoshop
  • Notepad, MSPaint, vi, Front Page, Apache, etc.

22
Summary
  • More and more people are using the internet to
    supplement their TV-watching. We are offering a
    central location where they can watch TV and get
    related information and interaction.
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