13: Beta test

After producing the website. Next comes beta testing. The beta test was conducted face to face so that I can observe them navigating the site.

Some questions i have jot down for the beta test was:
- Try Uploading your own pet story.
- Look for other's pet story.
- Would you visit this page often ?

Some of my friends who are pet owners,  involved were, Janice, Yen Shan, Xie Yi, Hanna and Ann.

Janice's feedback:
- The visuals are pretty.
- I wish to look at my story after i uploaded it.
- Some issues on navigating the main page as they do not know to click the stars to look at other people's pet story.
- Yes, I would visit the page often.

Yen Shan's feedback:
- Her response to the website is fine.
- Uploading pet story can be done without guidance, quite a bit of time was spent on the main page as she has difficulty finding out how to read other people's story.
- Visiting the page again depending on her mood, for an example, when she misses her dog, who had passed away for quite some time.

Xie Yi's feedback:
- His response to the website is fine.
- Uploading pet story can be done without guidance, quite a bit of time was spent on the main page as she has difficulty finding out how to read other people's story.
- High possibility of not visiting the page again as he is not interested to know what other people are doing with their pets.

Hanna's feedback:
- Shows interest in the webpage even though she doesn't know what it is.
- Uploading the story by herself without guidance.
- Quite some time spent on finding out how to see other people's pet story.
- Yes, she would likely be visiting the page again as she is interested to know what other silly stories other pet owners have experienced with their pets.
- i cant reply and like other people's story ?

Ann's feedback:
- Shows some interest in the webpage.
- uploading the story without much difficulty, some time spent on how to read other people's story.
- Glad that such a page exist to serve as a sharing and supporting platform for pet owners. As her dog is quite old, she is expecting death to come to her dog soon and she understands that it is hard and sometimes we need to get it out to people who will understand.

Some common issues that I find with the beta test result is that, users are taking more time to look at the main page as they do not know that they should click on the stars to be able to read other people's pet story. Probably I would be making some hovering codes so that the star gives some feedback to indicate that it is clickable to the users.