Now available on the android market

You can now download Hull History Viewer on the Android Market
http://market.android.com/details?id=air.GMapGeoCodeAndroid

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User testing blog

I have just completed my user testing, it has been extremely valuable, please see some testers below:

I set the testers a number of tasks, please see below:

Hull History Viewer User Testing

Open the application, read the welcome page, is it easy to understand?

Press next to move further into the application, can you identify your current location?

Can you zoom in and out of the map?

Can you identify the building locations?

Navigate to at least two building locations then answer the questions below:

Did a 3D available button open near the locations?

Could you see the recreations of the buildings?

Could you find out information about the buildings?

All of the testers completed all of the tasks successfully but when I asked them for additional comments two slight issues arose.

It highlighted the fact that some users struggled to see the location markers against the map, as a result of this I changed the markers by increasing their size and adding a red border to make their appearance stronger, please see below:

I also had a user who pointed out that at the Cecil location there is another building at the same junction with a Cecil sign but it is in a different position to the one featured in the application, this confused the user, so to try and eliminate any future confusion I added to the building information screen that the theatre had been rebuilt on the opposite diagonal corner of the junction.

Flash ‘how to use’ instructions

I have been working on the Flash ‘how to use’ instructions for my website, check out the result below:

http://www.pjshakesby.com/hull_history_viewer/How.html

I also added a favicon to my Hull History Viewer website, I have never done this for a website before but it was really easy.

You Tube

Today I uploaded my promotional advert to You Tube, it was the first time I have done this and I was surprised by how easy it was, see the video below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cVAJWNr0jQ

My Application Works

My application works, I have walked around the city centre testing my application and the right buildings appeared in the right locations, so I am very happy. Now that I know my app works I went to the Hull History Centre and asked them if they would be willing to put up my poster and they said yes, I also went to the hull daily mail to see if they would be interested in doing a feature on my application and they want to interview me.

Driving Backwards and Forwards

Today I have been driving backwards and forwards into town to test my application without success, it is not working yet but it will after more adjustments.

My 3D available button keeps constantly disappearing

My 3D available button keeps disappearing and I wasn't sure why?

The code that makes my button disappear when moving away from a location has always worked but I just could not tell because it was constantly being replaced by a new button, so creating the illusion that the button was just permanently there.