Revamping BlazeMeter's Booting Screen: A UX Design Case Study
Technology Category
- Automation & Control - Human Machine Interface (HMI)
- Drones - VTOL & VTOL Hybrid Drones
Applicable Industries
- Equipment & Machinery
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
- Quality Assurance
Use Cases
- Experimentation Automation
- Virtual Prototyping & Product Testing
Services
- Hardware Design & Engineering Services
- Testing & Certification
About The Customer
The customer in this case study is BlazeMeter, a performance testing platform under Broadcom’s Enterprise Software Division. BlazeMeter allows teams to test their products by simulating thousands or millions of virtual users (VUs) that interact with their site from different locations. The platform combines user interface and functional tests to provide comprehensive performance testing. The 'Booting screen' is a critical part of the testing process, displaying the progress of the test through various statuses. The customer needed a revamped, user-friendly booting screen that could handle a large amount of information in a simple and accessible way.
The Challenge
The case study revolves around the challenge faced by the Senior UX Designer at BlazeMeter, a testing platform under Broadcom’s Enterprise Software Division. The core application of BlazeMeter is the performance testing section which allows teams to test products by simulating thousands or millions of virtual users (VUs) that interact with their site from different locations. The 'Booting screen' that follows the Test Configuration screen is a crucial part of this process. However, the existing booting screen was outdated and designed for a much lighter test profile. The challenge was to design a new, user-friendly booting screen that could handle a large amount of information in a simple and accessible way. The main issue was the booting progress bar, which needed to display multiple statuses like 'pending', 'booting', 'downloading', and 'ready' at different paces, making it impossible to represent with a traditional progress bar or a spinning loader.
The Solution
The solution to the challenge was found using UXPin, a cloud-based design and prototyping tool. The designer first thought of using a dynamic pie chart, but it proved to be hard to read in some cases. A regular vertical chart was also considered but was deemed too boring. The final solution was to present different statuses as waves that would dynamically change all the time. Using UXPin, the designer created a single wave with the Pen Tool and colored it with a gradient color. Ten states were created for it, representing a load from 10% to 100%. The wave was then duplicated for each status, and the animation logic was set when the page was loaded. A toggle between a simple and advanced mode of the screen was also added. The outcome was a fully interactive 'Booting Screen' prototype with a 'wow' effect.
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