The user-friendliness of PebblePad
(Originally written Monday 27th November. Copied over from PebblePad.)
I think PebblePad is not as friendly as it should be.
Although it benefits from an attractive user interface, there are perhaps too many options for types of asset, which can be off-putting for new users - the user is asked to make too many decisions by default. For more advanced users, further options could be made available if required.
I suppose, in defence of the programmers, they have offered through PebblePad a good range of asset options which they wanted to make available to all users.
Another feature which bugged me was the step-by-step process of creating an asset. I would rather have been asked to start writing straight away, as with Blogger, and then come back and added other data such as date and reflection afterwards if I wanted to.
Again, in defence of the PebblePad designers, the step-by-step process encourages users to add more to their assets than they would have naturally done, I suspect.
I think PebblePad is not as friendly as it should be.
Although it benefits from an attractive user interface, there are perhaps too many options for types of asset, which can be off-putting for new users - the user is asked to make too many decisions by default. For more advanced users, further options could be made available if required.
I suppose, in defence of the programmers, they have offered through PebblePad a good range of asset options which they wanted to make available to all users.
Another feature which bugged me was the step-by-step process of creating an asset. I would rather have been asked to start writing straight away, as with Blogger, and then come back and added other data such as date and reflection afterwards if I wanted to.
Again, in defence of the PebblePad designers, the step-by-step process encourages users to add more to their assets than they would have naturally done, I suspect.
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