GoodDays enables users to keep a digital journal of their recent activities. By desinging a desktop journaling app we try to aid our users in reflecting on their days and personal habits.
- Max van der Veen - Phase I Methods & Caveats, Phase II Intro, Conclusion & Caveats, Phase III Methods, Conclusion & Caveats; Figma Settings Screen
- Nicolas Gres - Phase I Executive Summery, Heuristic Evaluations, Phase III Methods & Findings, Figma Calender Screens
- Grant Meyer - Phase I Findings & Introduction, Phase II Methods & Executive Summary, Phase III Introduction & Executive Summary
Executive Summary
Our research on the GoodDays journaling app highlighted the demand for free, minimalist journaling software.
- Competitive Analysis identified a market gap for a minimal desktop application tailored to journaling.
- Heuristic Evaluation of a custom Notion board revealed the following insights:
- 🟩 Visibility of moods: A colored overview of recorded moods throughout the days would be extremely beneficial.
▶️ Easy selection of actions: Loggable actions should be easy to identify and customizable during the journaling process.- 🛟 User guidance on journal creation: Integrating tips on the journaling process can be critical for newcomers.
- Personas and Scenarios highlight the diverse user group interested in journaling.
- Our initial sketches focus on mood visualization and the journal entry creation process.
Executive Summary
- We started by making our initial wireframes
- We used a cognitive walkthrough to gather in-depth feedback from other UI/UX students
- Our wireframes felt incomplete. We had focused too much on the main screen, and not enough on the other screens
- However, users really liked the main screen, giving us a good idea of how to proceed
- The software engineering team also gathered informal feedback on their prototype
- We then refined our wireframes with the feedback in mind, and made them interactive
- Ultimately, we gave the software engineering team a much clearer idea of what to implement and how
Executive Summary
- Developed a working prototype
- Featuring user navigation
- Consistent color scheme
- Crafted protocols
- Wrote user testing scripts
- Received certification for legal user testing in a research university setting
- Conducted live user testing
- Quantitative feature ratings
- Qualitative feedback from users
- Analyzed data from live user testing
- Primarily improvements for statistics navigation and animated user feedback
- Set up future developers and UX designers for success