Milestone 4 feedback about guodaddy HOT 2 OPEN

Team A8:
Karthik- I like the idea of being able to "jump in" to locations around the world and see how they look like on a more realistic level. I am concerned that this is entering Instagram territory and I am not sure how much you can diverge and be your own thing apart from them. But over all, I really like the idea

Danny Dang - I am confused how difference this is from instagram. I do think this function is neat because you can see people's pictures and their point of view for different parts of the world. But it still seems really similar to Instagram so why would people use this instead of Instagram?

Hon Lao- This seems like a feature thats already implemented on facebook, yelp and instagram. I think the main confusion with this app is that it lacks individuality. Given that you are using instagram api it is basically just redoing a feature already on the base app. Perhaps a feature thats already not in another application would be good.

Robert Ferng- This app confuses me in that it's features are too simplistic in nature. It seems to just be a clone of what facebook, google maps and yelp does best. I think it will work better if there was a more unique feature. Maybe you can have a feature where the images can be further filtered by different unique tags like "bike road" or "animal friendly", or some other feature to make the app stand out more.

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A3 - 0xDEADBEEF

Ricky:
I was confused by how you would obtain the pictures until told that they would be scraped from Instagram. I was confused by how people would decide which pin to click on if there's no descriptions for the pins besides the category. I was confused about the change of interface between the second and third prototypes; the search button goes from the top of the screen to the bottom. I was confused about having an initial location submission instead of defaulting to your current location and then allowing people to switch if needed.

Arvin:
I was confused by the actual purpose of this app. Just looking at the prototypes, it looks like an app people go to for fun, to see pictures of places. I suggest explaining to the users better what the app is for through the app, like maybe at the front page of the app have a little catchphrase explaining what it is for, or explain it throughout each page of your app, guide them through it so they aren’t like “what even is this for?"

Siyu Yang:
The app has very concise page layouts. Maybe consider adding a direct way to jump a saved location. Functionality wise, the app looks good, but how does it differ from Instmap?

Phillip:
It's an interesting app that could be used to view daily life in faraway areas that are not easily accessible by normal means of travel. I could see potential in this app, especially in planning out vacations in distant places. However, can it ensure that the pictures that are pulled from the area are recent?

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