I have received my welcome ई मेल from पॉटर्मोर the दिन before yesterday and I would like to tell आप how I like it so far.
Exploring the Chapters
This is in my opinion the main thing आप can do on पॉटर्मोर and I really liked it. The pictures for the different moments are very beautiful and I प्यार the fact that आप can zoom to three different levels so that different things come into focus. This makes everything seem और real. When आप हटाइए the cursor to the left या to the right, things in the picture that are closer to आप will हटाइए further on the screen than things that are farther away. This gives a nice sense of three-dimensionality, although आप can't हटाइए sideways very far.
Some objects will दिखाना a reaction if आप पार करना, क्रॉस them with the cursor, which makes exploring और exciting and shows a प्यार for detail. Collecting things also makes it और interesting, although आप can't really do anything with most of the objects, but at least आप receive house points.
I can gladly say that the site exceeded my expectations optically. However, I think the moments could be improved if आप could find something on every zoom level of every picture to make the zoom function और sensible, but in most moments आप really can't find everything without zooming, so it is quite good already.
But now about the content: In each chapter आप can read about the characters, objects, places etc. that appear in this chapter in the book. Most of the content is headed with "From the Story", which means that आप already know what they tell आप there if आप have read the book and I skipped most of those (in general very short) texts. However, there are also parts headed with "New from J.K. Rowling" (which means new background information for the story) या "J.K. Rowling's thoughts" (e.g. why she chose certain names for certain characters). I found those texts very interesting to read and especially enjoyed Minerva's story. आप can find information on her life in three different chapters so आप get an agreeable amount of text.
Buying Your Wand and Getting Sorted
These were two of the features I was especially excited about and I enjoyed answering the questions. Sometimes I had to think really hard to decide for one option, so it took me quite a while. I like the fact that आप do these two क्विज़ at the right time in the story, so आप won't belong to any house until the Sorting Hat chapter. A small negative result of this is that आप only get points for collecting stuff from this point on, so people who find certain objects only when they go through the chapters for the सेकंड time (when they have already been sorted) will have और house points in the end that those who found everything at once.
As for the Sorting Hat - I still think that आप can know better which house सूट्स आप best yourself than the website could know from the seven सवालों आप answered. I would like it better if everyone had to answer a greater amount of सवालों from J.K. Rowling's pool. Of course, 7 is an important number in the books, but I would value a good Sorting result और than this symbolic aspect.
I found most of the सवालों very interesting, but I didn't like the सवाल "Black या white?". Are आप supposed to choose the colour आप like better (e.g. what आप prefer to wear) या should आप consider the symbolic aspects? I've got the feeling that this kind of सवालों rather tends to distort the result than help finding the right house for someone.
Potion Brewing and Dueling
Once आप have explored all the chapters, this is what remains for आप to do until the अगला book is published. Like this आप can earn और house points, however आप might also lose some if your Potions explode. If आप fail to brew your Potion correctly, but it doesn't explode (which hasn't happened to me so far), आप will get one point for trying. Personally, I think the difficulty is appropriate because it would be kind of boring if आप succeeded every time. I also think it is really helpful that आप can practice the "Cure for Boils" without using up your ingredients (which आप have to buy in Diagon Alley - but आप have got lots of money!) and without risking to lose points. However, I wish आप could also practice the other Potions before actually brewing them because it is much easier if आप already know what to do without checking the book after every step because there is a time limit.
The time आप have to let the Potion brew before आप can do the last steps can be a little annoying (the Cure for Boils for instance takes 1-3 hours depending on which cauldron आप use). On the other hand, it also makes the experience closer to reality.
Just as the Potions, आप can also practice the spells before आप actually start a duel. This is really necessary because I think that the explanation how to do it is not very good. At first I didn't know that आप have to click each letter twice (not only the first one), once when the line hits it and once when the ring reaches its highest radius.
I like the fact that different spells have different difficulties and the harder ones will lead to better results.
At the moment, dueling is undergoing maintenance, so I couldn't try out my skills against other users yet, but I already know that आप can only earn house points if आप win against someone from another house. This is quite a good thing because otherwise people would just keep dueling their house mates so that your house would get points no matter who wins.
Adding Friends
What needs to be improved most on पॉटर्मोर in my opinion is the interaction between users. I really miss the option to send someone a message.
If आप add someone as a friend and (s)he adds आप back, आप are able to see his/her प्रोफ़ाइल and which chapter (s)he is currently exploring. However there isn't much और to it. The only way आप can "talk" to other users is द्वारा leaving a टिप्पणी दे in the Great Hall (where everyone can see it) या in your Common Room (where only people from your own house can see it).
How the Site Is Working So Far
On my computer at least, पॉटर्मोर runs quite well. At some points, collecting an item didn't work at the first try, but that didn't happen very often and I always managed to collect it in the end, so it didn't annoy me very much. Once I had to wait for a while before I could continue exploring because they were just doing some updates, but it's obvious that this can happen in the beta phase. What I was really glad about is that most of the time there weren't any long लोडिंग times. The only thing that sometimes took a moment was adding an object to my trunk.
Beta Feedback
In the corner of the page there is a button for giving पॉटर्मोर feedback. If आप press it, a मतदान will open up. However it is a very short one and I wonder how they can take much out of it. I didn't find any अंतरिक्ष were आप can make a concrete suggestion how the site could be improved. Of course, आप can tell that in the टिप्पणियाँ below chapters, but I don't think they read all the टिप्पणियाँ because there are just too many and some of them just say things like "I प्यार Hermione so much".
Exploring the Chapters
This is in my opinion the main thing आप can do on पॉटर्मोर and I really liked it. The pictures for the different moments are very beautiful and I प्यार the fact that आप can zoom to three different levels so that different things come into focus. This makes everything seem और real. When आप हटाइए the cursor to the left या to the right, things in the picture that are closer to आप will हटाइए further on the screen than things that are farther away. This gives a nice sense of three-dimensionality, although आप can't हटाइए sideways very far.
Some objects will दिखाना a reaction if आप पार करना, क्रॉस them with the cursor, which makes exploring और exciting and shows a प्यार for detail. Collecting things also makes it और interesting, although आप can't really do anything with most of the objects, but at least आप receive house points.
I can gladly say that the site exceeded my expectations optically. However, I think the moments could be improved if आप could find something on every zoom level of every picture to make the zoom function और sensible, but in most moments आप really can't find everything without zooming, so it is quite good already.
But now about the content: In each chapter आप can read about the characters, objects, places etc. that appear in this chapter in the book. Most of the content is headed with "From the Story", which means that आप already know what they tell आप there if आप have read the book and I skipped most of those (in general very short) texts. However, there are also parts headed with "New from J.K. Rowling" (which means new background information for the story) या "J.K. Rowling's thoughts" (e.g. why she chose certain names for certain characters). I found those texts very interesting to read and especially enjoyed Minerva's story. आप can find information on her life in three different chapters so आप get an agreeable amount of text.
Buying Your Wand and Getting Sorted
These were two of the features I was especially excited about and I enjoyed answering the questions. Sometimes I had to think really hard to decide for one option, so it took me quite a while. I like the fact that आप do these two क्विज़ at the right time in the story, so आप won't belong to any house until the Sorting Hat chapter. A small negative result of this is that आप only get points for collecting stuff from this point on, so people who find certain objects only when they go through the chapters for the सेकंड time (when they have already been sorted) will have और house points in the end that those who found everything at once.
As for the Sorting Hat - I still think that आप can know better which house सूट्स आप best yourself than the website could know from the seven सवालों आप answered. I would like it better if everyone had to answer a greater amount of सवालों from J.K. Rowling's pool. Of course, 7 is an important number in the books, but I would value a good Sorting result और than this symbolic aspect.
I found most of the सवालों very interesting, but I didn't like the सवाल "Black या white?". Are आप supposed to choose the colour आप like better (e.g. what आप prefer to wear) या should आप consider the symbolic aspects? I've got the feeling that this kind of सवालों rather tends to distort the result than help finding the right house for someone.
Potion Brewing and Dueling
Once आप have explored all the chapters, this is what remains for आप to do until the अगला book is published. Like this आप can earn और house points, however आप might also lose some if your Potions explode. If आप fail to brew your Potion correctly, but it doesn't explode (which hasn't happened to me so far), आप will get one point for trying. Personally, I think the difficulty is appropriate because it would be kind of boring if आप succeeded every time. I also think it is really helpful that आप can practice the "Cure for Boils" without using up your ingredients (which आप have to buy in Diagon Alley - but आप have got lots of money!) and without risking to lose points. However, I wish आप could also practice the other Potions before actually brewing them because it is much easier if आप already know what to do without checking the book after every step because there is a time limit.
The time आप have to let the Potion brew before आप can do the last steps can be a little annoying (the Cure for Boils for instance takes 1-3 hours depending on which cauldron आप use). On the other hand, it also makes the experience closer to reality.
Just as the Potions, आप can also practice the spells before आप actually start a duel. This is really necessary because I think that the explanation how to do it is not very good. At first I didn't know that आप have to click each letter twice (not only the first one), once when the line hits it and once when the ring reaches its highest radius.
I like the fact that different spells have different difficulties and the harder ones will lead to better results.
At the moment, dueling is undergoing maintenance, so I couldn't try out my skills against other users yet, but I already know that आप can only earn house points if आप win against someone from another house. This is quite a good thing because otherwise people would just keep dueling their house mates so that your house would get points no matter who wins.
Adding Friends
What needs to be improved most on पॉटर्मोर in my opinion is the interaction between users. I really miss the option to send someone a message.
If आप add someone as a friend and (s)he adds आप back, आप are able to see his/her प्रोफ़ाइल and which chapter (s)he is currently exploring. However there isn't much और to it. The only way आप can "talk" to other users is द्वारा leaving a टिप्पणी दे in the Great Hall (where everyone can see it) या in your Common Room (where only people from your own house can see it).
How the Site Is Working So Far
On my computer at least, पॉटर्मोर runs quite well. At some points, collecting an item didn't work at the first try, but that didn't happen very often and I always managed to collect it in the end, so it didn't annoy me very much. Once I had to wait for a while before I could continue exploring because they were just doing some updates, but it's obvious that this can happen in the beta phase. What I was really glad about is that most of the time there weren't any long लोडिंग times. The only thing that sometimes took a moment was adding an object to my trunk.
Beta Feedback
In the corner of the page there is a button for giving पॉटर्मोर feedback. If आप press it, a मतदान will open up. However it is a very short one and I wonder how they can take much out of it. I didn't find any अंतरिक्ष were आप can make a concrete suggestion how the site could be improved. Of course, आप can tell that in the टिप्पणियाँ below chapters, but I don't think they read all the टिप्पणियाँ because there are just too many and some of them just say things like "I प्यार Hermione so much".