The third usability test has been performed. Mockup screens can be found here.

The most important changes are:

• More intuitive navigation
• The user doesn't have to confirm as many actions as before
• The music view now shows a list of songs that are going to be played in the near future
• Neighboring pubs can now be selected on the map view as well
  

Overall, most testers found this version to be a major improvement. There were however still a few remarks, such as:

• Lack of social networking
• Facebook/Twitter messages should be published automatically. Some others don't want this. This could be fixed by allowing the user to configure this behaviour in the settings panel.
• Facebook/Twitter login information should be stored for auto login

The lack of social networking features remains the biggest problem. While at this point it isn't the main purpose of the application, some interesting social features could be:

• An online user profile containing the user's achievements, visited pubs, etc. This could be turned into a facebook application.
  
• The possibility to see other users in the area and invite them for a drink at a certain pub.

Another interesting idea mentioned is to make a study about how much people value their privacy regarding social applications. The social features could be based on this information.

Currently, I'm creating the basic screens of the application. The plan for next week is to implement the possibility to receive a list of pubs together with info about the music they're playing.