#theresanappforthatproject

I continued designing and prototyping the pages, making sure that everything is working.

There’s An App For That preview

I made a digital version of the wireframes we drew during the workshop we had last week. This was to help us remember afterwards what icons/bars/supporting elements we need to create in Illustrator. I also wanted to quickly create a prototype to see how everything works and whether we need additional pages or not. Later on, other members of the group continued to design and work on prototyping each element.

Since our brief says that people should be notified about their purchases in the morning, the app will calculate the sum owed and show it on the home page below people's accounts. That way, if someone owes me money, it will say under their profile icon that they owe me money. It will also add a red circle around their profile photo to indicate that. The same when I owe them money. This feature will solve the problem of having too many windows, as one page will tell you who owes how much money to whom. We also thought that when a transaction is completed, users will be able to select a box that says "completed" and the circle around that person's account will change colour to normal. 

So, during our tutorial, we all agreed on the idea of creating a social platform where people would take pictures of themselves with drinks, and the app, based on the person's location and scanning the picture, would be able to determine which drink the person is holding and how much it costs. At the time, we didn't yet know how the app would run and how it would tell users how much money is owed to whom. Yes, it's good for remembering how many drinks you had, but it still doesn't tell you how much money is owed to certain people. So we had to solve new problems. 

However, it still felt like we were copying other apps and making things too complicated for both ourselves and users. Our app had too many pages and too many features that we had to develop and think about. We tried to figure out how to make it more fun to use, because if the app looks like a boring calculator, people our age won't want to download and use it. 

After examining all the apps mentioned below, I made a list of things that I think should be featured in our app, as well as a few sketches of possible layouts. I tried to make it as simple and easy to use as possible for those who are in a hurry or a little tipsy.

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