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Title: | User-centered design of a weather forecast application for smartphones |
Author: | Gómez Alberti, Jordi |
Director: | Schvarstein Liuboschetz, Sergio |
Tutor: | García-Solórzano, David |
Others: | Universitat Oberta de Catalunya |
Abstract: | This thesis is based on two factors that are very common in the United Kingdom, the fast changing weather conditions, that greatly affect daily activities, such as severe floods and the increased usage of interactive devices connected to the Internet, like smartphones, tablets, etc. Currently, in order to obtain the weather forecast, there are many applications, however most of them do not inform of severe conditions, or they are not free to use. And if users want to be updated, they have to check different sources, like TV forecast, newspapers, internet, or buy paid applications. The problem that is being addressed is how to offer an easy and free to use application that can be used by everybody in order to keep up-to-date with all the forecast changes. The approach used to tackle this issue is following the User-Centered Design methodology, in which during the whole process of conceptualization, design and testing of the application the users are involved in order to tailor the app to their needs while offering a great user interface. Once all the phases of process have been completed, a well design and tested application will be obtained, that will allow the users to access precise and up-to-date weather forecast data and as well be able to receive notifications, for weather changes and for severe weather at any time for any location with no cost for them. |
Keywords: | design interface usability |
Document type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
Issue Date: | 1-Jul-2016 |
Publication license: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/ |
Appears in Collections: | Bachelor thesis, research projects, etc. |
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WeatherApp Sketchs.png | Sketches | 3,31 MB | image/png | View/Open |
Prototype demo.mp4 | Interactive Prototype demo | 13,51 MB | MP4 | View/Open |
jgomezalbertiTFM0616memòria.pdf | Memòria del TFM | 1,7 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
jgomezalbertiTFM0616presentació.pdf | Presentation | 867,98 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
jgomezalbertiTFM0616arbrecontinguts.pdf | Content Tree | 177,95 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
jgomezalbertiTFM0616evaluació.pdf | Heuristic Evaluation | 273,94 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
jgomezalbertiTFM0616evaluacióresultats.pdf | Heuristic Evaluation Results | 69,41 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
jgomezalbertiTFM0616test.pdf | User Test | 109,23 kB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |
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