BestEats Final Presentation CS160 Danielle Cassley Jennifer Kelly Alex Sherman Yuly Tenorio

The Need We know.. Most people like eating!

But.. Where’s the good food?

Need: Quick way to find restaurant information Quick way to find restaurant information Find and share trustable restaurant reviews: Find and share trustable restaurant reviews: –from your friends! Learn and share your favorite restaurants and the ones you’d like to try Learn and share your favorite restaurants and the ones you’d like to try

BestEats Demo

Implementation Ruby on Rails for implementation Ruby on Rails for implementation –Fast development! –Shallow learning curve Slicehost for our server Slicehost for our server –Ubuntu Linux Architected by most experienced member Architected by most experienced member –Served as basis for other members to get up to speed and contribute quickly

Architecture Diagram

The User Study Observed various users performing same set of tasks Observed various users performing same set of tasks Noted points of confusion or frustration Noted points of confusion or frustration Had users complete questionnaire Had users complete questionnaire

Problems we found Task flow problems Task flow problems –Install process –Performing search –Managing lists System feedback System feedback –Task completion notices –Dollar signs –Average ratings

User study successes Finding and rating restaurants Finding and rating restaurants “To try” list “To try” list Viewing friends’ preferences Viewing friends’ preferences

Future Work Latest user study revealed areas for improvement – this is our top priority Latest user study revealed areas for improvement – this is our top priority Gulfs of evaluation Gulfs of evaluation –‘$$$’ - what dollar range do these represent? Install unobtrusive explanatory text and/or help links Gulfs of execution Gulfs of execution –How to get to the ‘to-try’ list? Add links to it at the locations indicated by our participants

New Features User acquisition User acquisition –Utilize Facebook notifications and newsfeeds –Facebook profile box Scalability Scalability

Questions?