These are some general comments I came up with while grading each of your interfaces. Keep in mind that these are only negative comments.  There were many positive things about your interfaces, but due to time constraints, I only kept track of the negative features.  Please talk to me during office hours if you wish to understand your grade for the project in further detail.

 

• don't forget about the 8 golden rules
• a pull down for the doc's name avoids fill in
• forgotten AM/PM for time
• provides no insight for how users should enter in information, such as the date, time of day, name, etc
• if you are not using a calendar or pull down for the date/time, give an example of correct date/time near the input field
• the graphic sent to me should be an image based on the running version, not the one you see in Visual Studio’s work space.
• questionable color scheme chosen, serves no noticeable rationale/function
• Some color choices were distracting:
• bright blue and bright red do not mix well together
• grey on grey is hard to read
• black on any medium to dark color is hard to read
• many people left their interface plain grey or white
• some people’s graphics did not add the interface as a whole.  They seemed like they were just stuck in there as an afterthought.  Some were not appropriate at all
• pictures seemed to be chosen arbitrarily, may confuse users
• size of text boxes seemed chosen arbitrarily, reflects little to do with their future contents
• poor organization/representation of body parts, try a graphical or spatial representation
• this is something I could not tell from a graphic, but be sure to keep this in mind when you work on the next projects:  Does not attempt to prevent errors--what if user types in non-numeric characters?
• use of checkboxes where radio buttons would be more appropriate
• no clear organization to the form.  In what order does the user fill it out?
• you have the user perform two actions when only one is necessary (selecting type of appointment, but also having to select “regular” or “emergency” in reference to the fill in space)
• huge form -- too much white space -- much bigger than specified requirements!
• placement of submit button is in the middle, not the end, of the form.  This could confuse users who will always be filling out the entire form.
• it is probably best to use labels instead of placing critical information inside the text entry boxes… because once the user types in anything, the user will no longer have access to those initial labels, such as first name, last name, etc.