One thing that jumped out at me was when going from the overall map to the map of a single line: I found the switch from lines going in various directions onto a single line with a different pattern and direction confusing - I felt myself having to reorientate and translate between the two (line A shows this - it initially appears as a single line going vertically but then goes horizontally when selected). Not sure how to get around it outside of keeping the same line pattern, and maybe an animated zooming transition from the overall map to the line map might help to show users what they are drilling down onto. It might help orientation but testing would show if this is a significant user concern.
Also, when displayed horizontally, the direction was the opposite to what I expected with the destination on the left rather than the right. Users may differ in what they expect so testing awould be useful here. Maybe also some visual connection other than colour between the line and its button for people with colour blindness (as mentioned by others before sorry) And as David M said, some information about changes would be nice especially if printed out on the ticket itself, and expecting train times / journey times are extremely handy. Or maybe an arrow "go this way" to point users in the right direction once they've bought the ticket? I'm not sure about that - how easy is it to get lost in those stations? For the London underground, I find it was quite easy and sometimes walked off in the wrong direction! Other than that, I quite liked it esp the fade in after choosing a start point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=41790 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
