Monday, we met with Tim and the conservator for the exhibit. It was an unveiling of the iPad kiosk and the features as they stand. Joe took lead in the discussion, helping to explain the features capabilities and explaining what we could do to fix any concerns. Unfortunately, from our point of view, it appeared as some of the features we expected them to like, were not accepted with open arms. Things like a comments feature, or an email feature were rejected, ultimately dropping the need for our database backend.
Originally the database was primarily to be used for content management, but because of time constraints we shifted to adding something more simple, such as high scores for the puzzle, or an email list for the coloring app. However, it turns out that neither of these features are wanted, so scripting for these features is officially shut down.
I am shifting my efforts to testing the application instead to make sure the release as it is now is as bug free and efficient as possible. I luckily have my own iPad (with only the free version of kiosk pro) so I began another thorough application test with Dillon, Brandon and Li. We found a few issues, but confirmed that Joe would be working to fix them. We’ll continue to test on the next version.
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