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Thursday 13 October 2011

Graph changes

Originally the graphs were simple mathematical displays. However through user testing I found that a lightbulb was an easy symbol for people to relate to and understand.

Therefore I have changed the energy use display to how a lightbulb shines. Every 3 hours are represented by a cycle of the light.

Changes:

Changes:

The original town was too bright so I dulled down the colours used. 

Originally the user could click on a specific power line and this would turn off that aspect in the real house. However when I did user testing that was difficult for the user as the line is so thin. So I have changed it to clicking a pair of scissors which in turn cut the line.


Originally my graphs were too mathematical compared to the rest of my interface so I have changed them to be more basic to read.