My question for our prototyping is will people find this rearrangement too radical of a change? Will users be overwhelmed by a larger interface with multiple areas of interest rather than different compartmentalized focus on different screens?
Answering this is in theory simple; ask users afterwords. However users may have a conflicted view of the new interface. Often times with software like this any change can be construed as bad simply because a change means learning a new interface when students like me may only have to use it once or twice more. It may also overwhelm users with “too much information” syndrome and cause users to be frustrated by it. I hope to do my prototyping study tonight… hint… Alex you need to call me… and my questions will be anwered there.
