The Magellan Network | Medium/Web
"Web application that allows a user to make an online reservation on a restaurant’s website. This reservation will show up at host/hostess stand or in the manager’s office."
JOB: Redesign current online reservation application to create a better user experience, more visually attractice, up–to–date with current web technologies.
GOAL: Allow user to easily make a reservation without reading the instructions on each page. Usability testing for a target range of 15-65 years. Allow a user to complete a reservation successfully without getting confused.
SOLUTION: Simplify the user interface, eliminate functionality to show the following reservations message, “Reservations searched are not available”, and to add the functionality to always give the user an option if the time they searched for is not available. The only requirement is for the user to enter their party size and reservation date. This allows forward progress. Design the application with a large element concept; creating a fun design that can also pull from the restaurant’s css to match the color scheme. The reservation component also opens up in a lightbox (modal popup) vs opening up a single smaller window.
