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• 1 media/IMG_9922.jpg 2017-06-15T10:59:22-07:00 User Interview w/ Caitlin Postal 15 plain 2017-06-16T11:07:01-07:00 Interviewee: Caitlin Postal
  PhD Candidate at University of Washington 
  Interview Date: June 15,2017
  Place: DHSI 2017, University of Victoria, MacLaurin Building, Classroom D115
  Conducted by: Evelyn Cordell
  
  We asked Caitlin to explore the digital project on her own for a few minutes, figuring out the interface and user-ability on her own before explaining the project and our own process of documenting. The interview was mostly done orally. We have one photo and two short videos as well. 
   
  • Tell us about your experience, in general terms.  
  There’s so much happening here.  It’s really cool. I like everything about it. I like how you can use the top navigation to direct to the different portions. I love the three pane toggle windows: the maps, to the photos, to the essays and how they compliment each other. It’s just incredibly interactive. Selecting the station points and toggling through to the different points. 
  
  
   
  • More specifically: how often did you follow (or feel you were following) a predetermined sequence?  How often did you feel you were departing from a pre-set course?
  I like that I could do what I felt like I wanted to do. Following via the chapters felt like a predetermined course much like a book. However, viewing via the maps does not feel predetermine at all. Even following via the photos does not feeling predetermine. I like that it is offered sequentially, but that you don’t have to use it that way. 
   
  • You obviously haven't seen every bit of the work.  As a guess, what percentage of the work do you think you have seen in your reading?
  There is so much happening here. I feel like I know what I could look at per screen. Like the map, the photos, and the essays but I haven’t done that for every chapter. 
   
  • Did you have any trouble with the navigation features? Were they pretty self explanatory? 
  No. I found it all very user friendly. 
   
  • Final thoughts:
  I love the map interface the most. My favorite part is the view angles and the composite viewing.
  
  
  
  
  

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