Facebook Application: Design and Development

The overall look and structure of the application’s graphical user interface was developed as a result of trail and error. An initial sketch of the most basic outlook was evaluated and improved upon until both party’s reached an agreement. The interface would predominately feature a neutral photograph of George Bush to allow user to instantly understand that this app was about making a political decision, albeit in a fun way. Directly underneath the picture would be two hands (left and right) one showing the thumb up as the positive reaction to the question posed and the other downwards, like a roman emperor giving his judgement on a gladiators fate.

Then we reached the first obstacle namely naming the application. We understood the necessity for a verbally attractive title and it would have been too easy to go for a comic but biased approach, such as “Burn the Bush”. After a while we managed to agree on a catchy but memorable name of “Save the Bush?” Which we felt could have comic undertones and allow people to formulate an answer to the poll or reflect on the past exploits of the Bush administration.

Next we bumped into second delay, by both turning to learning the new languages posed by Facebook we became extremely bogged down. Instead of relying on each others abilities. After a nearly a couple of weeks slow progress and some frustration, we decided to re-evaluate the situation and find a way to speed up the process. We agreed that we would split the project into two parts and utilise our individual skills.

My team member had more experience of programming and I have often enjoyed attempting to write witty pieces. So it was agreed that He would be mainly responsible for the programming of the application. While I’d take over writing its description, homepage, privacy policy, webpage, notification, introduction, while finding a poignant heading for the app, as well as any other written work. Everything between would be the responsibility of both of us.