Interactive Prototype
The research and development conducted to date will assist in the creation of a new Homeward Bound App. Users will be able to navigate an environment that aggregates pet adoption data from around the country into one, centralized hub of pet adoption candidates. The app will cultivate positive content and imagery, uniquely matched to the user’s preferences, and include notifications, making it not only more desirable to adopt, but both easier and faster to make a pet selection. This will improve adoption rates and reduce the number of euthanizations in America, which currently stands at 1.5 million each year.
READY FOR TESTING
After multiple rounds of revisions, the wireframes were then given interactive functionality, resulting in an interactive prototype for the client, Homeward Bound. The polished, usable prototype was then positioned to be used to conduct usability testing.
The prototype version included:
Complete functionality for the application, linking navigation, screens and app sections
Inclusion of basic aesthetics to inform the experience (color, typography and placement)
Inclusion of refined interactions:
Buttons and states
Switches, sliding controls and form fields
Screen transitions
Touch/gesture control
Microinteractions, affordances and discoverability
*Based on the outcome of the future testing, change iterations will take place in order to finalize the application for launch.