Prototype 2: Barcode scanning
We have used Apache Cordove to produce a barcode scanner. In the following video, we’ll demonstrate how this will form part of LeapIn.it: http://youtu.be/RNlmWvs-PIs
Results of the survey
As described in our survey design post, the survey was designed for the purpose of understanding the sharing behaviours among the users of social networks who have shared interests, and to identify the problems with existing social networks. The number of responses that have been received is 82. This post will describe the results of the survey and analyse the responses…. Read more →
Social, ethical and legal considerations
This post will consider the social, ethical and legal consideration. This will cover four parts: intellectual property, social problems, community moderation and age restrictions. Intellectual property The Terms of Service of the LeapIn.it project will mention that content creators can publish their work under Creative Commons licenses [1]. By using these licenses, the users can preserve the copyrights of the… Read more →
Revised mockups and the Honeycomb
After reviewing our prototype yesterday, we have decided to make some changes to the design. This post will show the revisions we have made to the original design mockups. Our biggest criticism was how posts were displayed. Posts are displayed in a “feed”, which is simply a vertical list of posts in chronological order, with most recent first. This is… Read more →
Prototype 1: Mobile interface
We have developed an initiate web interface for LeapIn.it. This following video gives a demonstration of how this can be used to navigate rich media: http://youtu.be/VMU_T5HnYnE This prototype is available here (use the username “test” and password “test”). Screenshots [portfolio_slideshow]
Scenarios: Companies using LeapIn.it
The following scenario demonstrates how LeapIn.it may be used by companies for creating and maintaining sponsored rooms. 1- A company representative uses LeapIn.it on a smartphone and sees sponsored rooms. 2- The representative decides to get a sponsored room in LeapIn.it and accesses the web-based interface to register the company. 3- The representative clicks on Advertisers link to get a… Read more →
Development environment
In planning how we would implement a LeapIn.it prototype, we agree that we should use similar development environments to prevent any mistakes or unforeseen incompatibilities. We agreed that we would use the following tools: Git – allows us to collaborate and manage versions of code GitHub – a website where Git repositories can be stored centrally. This ensures our code is… Read more →
Privacy in LeapIn.it
The purpose of this post is to explain the privacy issues that are considered in designing LeapIn.it system. The following sections demonstrate the privacy related issues from five perspectives which are the personal information, information security, visibility of profile pages, privacy policy and cookie policy. Personal information In LeapIn.it, no personally identifiable information is collected from the users except their… Read more →
Linking similar rooms and room clustering
LeapIn.it will allow people to “leap in” to rooms based around niche interests simply by scanning barcodes (or QR-codes) that may be found on relevant material (such as books and posters). However, it is reasonable to expect that one subject may have multiple barcodes. For example, the DVD and Bluray releases of the film Inception may have different barcodes. In this case,… Read more →
Methods of access
LeapIn.it has been designed as a mobile app. This post will give some consideration into how the app will be accessed. As we discussed previously, LeapIn.it will be developed using HTML, CSS and JavaScript. This will then be packaged as a native application for iPhone and Android using Apache Cordova. Thus, there will be two forms for LeapIn.it: A website… Read more →
