Key Findings Through our exploratory research phase, we built upon our existing knowledge of the digital photo lifecycle by examining existing publications and products, interviewing individuals for qualitative data, gaining temporal data with a diary study, and confirmed that what we saw was prevalent across the sharing population through a web survey. As we analyzed the data, we categorized them into various themes that led us to think about some high level design implications.  Finding People share photos mainly to socially connect with others. Design Implication Bridge the gap between managing and sharing. Allow quick access to sharing tools with their visual presence. Provide a flexible & interactive space to prepare for sharing. Finding People constantly switch between overview and detailed view of photo collection to make various decisions. Design Implication Provide smooth but clear transition between enlarged and small view of photos. Maintain context when changing photo display size. Support different types of decisions based on the photo display size. Finding People have great concerns for privacy of photos and personal information. Design Implication Design for desktop application to distance private photos and personal information from shared and public spaces. Act as a portal to the web for easy control of sharing history. Support ways to protect personal information prior to sharing photos. Finding People set new goals and multi-task during short, intermittent photo interaction sessions. Design Implication Support managing, triaging, sharing and viewing photos in the same space. Execute as light-weight software. Support breaking up of work into manageable chunks. Finding People are not offered sufficient balance between structure and flexibility in organizing their photo collection. Design Implication Utilize spatial relationships among photos or group of photos. Provide freedom and flexibility of physical photo sorting while taking advantage of digital space. Finding People make multiple triage passes on same photo collection. Design Implication Save states and allow returning to previous states Provide flexibility to make different levels and types of decisions simultaneously. Finding People perceive triage as a lot of work. Design Implication Create fun, relaxed, and engaging experience using compelling graphics and animation. Make progress easily visible. Annotated photo collections are recognized as extremely useful, however they require too much effort. Large numbers of photos and repositories impede access. Shared ownership of photos is a widespread and complex phenomenon. The audience has some influence and control of the viewing experience. |
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