The Farm Mobile Application: A Heuristic Evaluation Approach
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Abstract The Farm mobile application is developed to sort the problems of user in an easy manner. This mobile application is developed by taking the help of Balsamiq tool. Development of “The Farm mobile application” is done in such a manner so that all the heuristic principles can be justified in a proper manner. Also, different buttons, breadcrumbs, images and text fields are used so that the mobile application can look attractive. After using heuristic principles and different options of Balsamiq an attractive mobile application is developed. Different applications are listed under single mobile application. Also through this mobile application user can access different services in easy and convenient manner. also during development of this mobile application different changes are also entertained that are suggested by other team members. Introduction Customers prefer smart and mobile devices through which their problems of daily life can be sorted in an easy manner. Also, users and consumers force the community of the software engineering to adopt the approaches that are associated with the ‘fast development’. All these things make a different mobile platform to act as a strong contender among user (Dehlinger et.al, 2011). To make the application feasible to the user there is the need of following proper principles so that user can use them in an easy manner. all these things can be followed by taking the help of the Heuristic principles. Through these principles, the application can be made impressive to the user in an easy manner (Inostroza, 2014). Reflection Interface design: Developmentof “TheFarm mobileapplication”is completelybased on the heuristic principles.Differentheuristicprinciplesthatarefollowedinthis“TheFarmmobile application” which is shown below: System status visibility: According to this principle, there is the need of providing a feedback in a certain amount of time. The feedback has to be there in less time so that user can know about the status of the action that he has performed. This thing can be seen on the payment screen. As soon as user made the payment his/ her payment ID is going to appear on the mobile screen (Alotaibi, 2013).
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Freedom and control of user According to this principle, there is the need of freedom so that user can perform the function in an easy manner. This thing can be seen through the back button that is present on each page of the mobile application. through this functionality, user can land back to previous page in an easy manner. Matching of system with real world According to this principle, there is the need for an application to speak the language of the user for which that application is built for. As there may be instances in which user can’t understand the features which are developed for the benefit to the user. This thing can be seen through the icon images. Through these images, user can opt functionality in an easy manner. Consistency and standards In every mobile application, consistency can be considered as the success factor. for that, there is need of following certain standards so that every page looks same and consistent. This thing can be seen through the button tray which is placed at the bottom of application. Prevention of errors According to this principle, there is a mechanism so that user can be stopped from entering wrong information. this thing can be seen in order page. All the details are going to be calculated in an automated manner. As a result, user is going to get correct cost that they have to pay for (Nayebi et. Al, 2012). Recognition rather than recall According to this principle, there is the need for designing the application is such a manner so that user doesn’t have to remember much. This thing can be seen on the product page. Breadcrumbs are placed so that user can navigate to another page without remembering anything. User’s requirement One of the major requirement that is required is to order food through their mobile in an easy manner. For that designing of the system is done in such a manner so that user can login inside the system by taking the help of the login screen. Also, there is the requirement of signup page in which user personal information and its associated address have to come. Also, there must be a page of booking so that user can book the event in an easy manner. Also, payment page is developed through which user can pay for their services in an easy
manner. All these features of users are implemented under single mobile application in fully flagged manner. Influencing factor There are different factors which influence the Farm mobile application. as a user want the application in which multiple functionalities can be accessed through single application. This thing influences me to build this mobile application. Under this mobile application which is named as ‘The Farm’ several applications like login, logout, social plugin, booking of room for event and ordering of food and payment via a mobile device is implemented in a successful manner. after reading lot of journal, I suggested going for Heuristic principles as Heuristic principles can be treated as the best tool for designing the mobile application. all the business requirement like revenue generation, crowd gathering can be seen through this mobile application. all these requirements are going to be there as a result of using Heuristic principles. Similar interface I got inspiration of this mobile application through ‘Scoopon Deals’ mobile application. The main inspiration of using this mobile application is that it provides user with catchy discount offers. Also this mobile application offer user to book restaurant in easy manner. all the discount pages and booking event page is inspiration of this mobile application. Also this application makes fine dining in affordable rates. This thing is also implemented in my mobile application. link of ‘Scoopon Deals’ is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.com.scoopon.android&hl=en. Figure1: Scoopon Conclusion The Farm application is successfully developed by taking the help of Balsamiq tool. Development of this mobile application is done by taking the help of the Heuristic principles.
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