Niagara Records Music Player Flash Application

Group members:

Natalie Heck
Joe Sadikin
Yuke Tjandra
Chris S
Nick Mason
Dustin Webb

The projected goals of the users who will visit the website and use the application are:

Entertainment, e.g. listening to music, surfing
Information, e.g. finding information about the most popular music, new releases, artist bibliography and discography, looking for suggestions about other artists with similar style or genre, subscribe to mailing list
Obtaining, e.g buying CD from label’s online catalog or music downloading

Based on the projected user goals, we have decided the following features are needed in the application:

The media player will be in a frame that would stay in its place even when user browse away from the page
It will have media controller (play/pause, next, previous, volume control button, status bar)
It will have a small display area to display a blurb on the artist/album that is being played

Meanwhile, the following features will be available in the website:

It will have a search box and other navigation feature on the top frame of the page
The search result, online catalog content, and featured artists information will be displayed on the middle frame

Task Analysis of the Application

ENTERTAINMENT

Task 1: Listening to music
Plan 1: Listen to featured music (in random mode)

Subtasks:

- Click to start player

- (optional) Click next button to change to the next song clip

Plan 2: Listening to a particular song clip

Subtasks:

- Locate search form in the homepage

- Place cursor on search form

- Type search keyword

- Submit search

- Browse result

- Select clip to start streaming the song

Fig. 1

INFORMATION

Task 2: Finding most popular songs, featured artists, new releases

Subtasks:

- Browse homepage for intended content

- Select link to view information

Fig. 2

Task 3-1: Finding artist/song/album information through searching

Subtasks:

- Locate search form

- Place cursor on search form

- Type search keyword

- Click to submit search

- Browse result on website

- Select to view artist’s discography page

- Click to play audio sample (opt)

Fig. 3-1

Task 3-2: Finding artist information through browsing

Subtasks:

- Locate link to ‘browse catalog by genre/artist’ page

- Click link

- Click the intended category

- Browse for artists

- Select artist name to view discography page

- Click play clip to launch audio sample (opt)

Fig. 3-2

Task 4: Find information about suggested artists
            Subtasks:
            - Follow task 1-3
            - Locate “Listeners also like” section on the website
            - Click on the link
            - Browse search results
            - Select to open suggested page
                - Click play to launch audio sample (opt)

Fig. 4

Task 5: Subscribe to Mailing List
            Subtasks:
            - Locate subscribe form
            - Place cursor on form

- Enter e-mail address

- Click submit

Fig. 5

OBTAINING

Task 6: To purchase CD

Subtasks:

- Follow task 1/2/3/4

- Locate “Buy CD” button on the page or on the player

- Click “Buy CD” button to add to cart

- Continue shopping OR click "Proceed to checkout" button on the website to finalize purchase