User actions updates
+ Sidebar development
Original user actions interface
Bash utilizes video feeds in the form of circles that adjust their size as participants join or leave the call. With additional functions on top of these bubbles like user messages and notifications, when a Bash had larger groups of people it was hard for these functions to appear clearly and not get lost in the mix of moving circles.
Project Goals:
Reducing clutter on the video chat interface
Increasing accessibility to available user actions
Promoting use of breakout rooms
Increasing the amount of control users have over their call interface.
The interface originally had user messages and mute buttons hanging off of the bottom of the circles, with breakout rooms floating on the sides of the interface.
Beyond the 'Take the Stage' feature where one user circle could show up larger than all the others, users also didn't have much control around how they wanted different video circles to show up on their screens. Features like kicking a user from the call were also hidden away in menus.
Updated Design for User Actions:
Moved user actions to show on hover over circles
Moved user messages and status updates to show inside their video circle
Allow users to manually increase and decrease the size of video circles
Added functionality including turning off video when users set status to 'BRB'
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The second part of the changes involved creating a sidebar that would house notifications, breakout rooms, while also providing easy user access to features such as playing music, setting a status, creating a new breakout room, and editing the look of the current room.
There were two sidebar modes: expanded and condensed, and the Bash chat was also integrated onto the sidebar.
Deciding what features and buttons to include on the sidebar
How the expanded and condensed versions should look
Figuring out the easiest way for users to open up the sidebar (tap, drag, hover)
Transitions and alignment between the expanded and condensed versions
Plan page redesign
Original plan page interface
On the old plan page it wasn't clear that users could reuse Bashes multiple times. There also wasn't a way for them to view their previous Bashes, and differentiate clearly between scheduled events that would expire and those that would stay open.
Project Goals:
Increasing engagement with breakout rooms
Encouraging users to use recurring Bash rooms
Increasing clarity of the plan page
Giving users more flexibility in planning Bash events
The interface originally had user messages and mute buttons hanging off of the bottom of the circles, with breakout rooms floating on the sides of the interface.
Beyond the 'Take the Stage' feature where one user circle could show up larger than all the others, users also didn't have much control around how they wanted different video circles to show up on their screens. Features like kicking a user from the call were also hidden away in menus.
Updated Design for Plan Page:
Showed a preview of what the created Bash would look like
Options to customize aspects of a Bash directly from the plan page
Recurring bashes show images of participants from the last session
Clear differentiation between free and premium Bashes
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Home page redesign
Original Bash website interface
Goals of this project included increasing customer conversion as well as customer knowledge about certain features of Bash. The original website didn't feel very official which could cause hesitancy to try out the product. There was also no specific information about the different games and features that users had access to on Bash.
Project Goals:
Increasing customer conversion
Increasing customer knowledge about Bash features
Making the site design more modern
Increase brand legitimacy
The new landing page clearly and cleanly outlines Bash's different value propositions and allows users to easily learn more about Bash's different features and capabilities.
Updated Design for Website
Added company logos of current Bash customers
Added new pricing/plans section
Built out a dedicated section to showcase games
Updated the site to have a more modern look
Introduced interactive modules to showcase different Bash features
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