I have received my welcome email from pottermore the hari before yesterday and I would like to tell anda how I like it so far.
Exploring the Chapters
This is in my opinion the main thing anda can do on pottermore and I really liked it. The pictures for the different moments are very beautiful and I cinta the fact that anda can zoom to three different levels so that different things come into focus. This makes everything seem lebih real. When anda pindah the cursor to the left atau to the right, things in the picture that are closer to anda will pindah further on the screen than things that are farther away. This gives a nice sense of three-dimensionality, although anda can't pindah sideways very far.
Some objects will tampil a reaction if anda menyeberang, salib them with the cursor, which makes exploring lebih exciting and shows a cinta for detail. Collecting things also makes it lebih interesting, although anda can't really do anything with most of the objects, but at least anda receive house points.
I can gladly say that the site exceeded my expectations optically. However, I think the moments could be improved if anda could find something on every zoom level of every picture to make the zoom function lebih sensible, but in most moments anda really can't find everything without zooming, so it is quite good already.
But now about the content: In each chapter anda 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 anda already know what they tell anda there if anda 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) atau "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. anda can find information on her life in three different chapters so anda 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 anda do these two kuiz at the right time in the story, so anda won't belong to any house until the Sorting Hat chapter. A small negative result of this is that anda 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 detik time (when they have already been sorted) will have lebih house points in the end that those who found everything at once.
As for the Sorting Hat - I still think that anda can know better which house suits anda best yourself than the website could know from the seven pertanyaan anda answered. I would like it better if everyone had to answer a greater amount of pertanyaan from J.K. Rowling's pool. Of course, 7 is an important number in the books, but I would value a good Sorting result lebih than this symbolic aspect.
I found most of the pertanyaan very interesting, but I didn't like the pertanyaan "Black atau white?". Are anda supposed to choose the colour anda like better (e.g. what anda prefer to wear) atau should anda consider the symbolic aspects? I've got the feeling that this kind of pertanyaan rather tends to distort the result than help finding the right house for someone.
Potion Brewing and Dueling
Once anda have explored all the chapters, this is what remains for anda to do until the selanjutnya book is published. Like this anda can earn lebih house points, however anda might also lose some if your Potions explode. If anda fail to brew your Potion correctly, but it doesn't explode (which hasn't happened to me so far), anda will get one point for trying. Personally, I think the difficulty is appropriate because it would be kind of boring if anda succeeded every time. I also think it is really helpful that anda can practice the "Cure for Boils" without using up your ingredients (which anda have to buy in Diagon Alley - but anda have got lots of money!) and without risking to lose points. However, I wish anda could also practice the other Potions before actually brewing them because it is much easier if anda already know what to do without checking the book after every step because there is a time limit.
The time anda have to let the Potion brew before anda can do the last steps can be a little annoying (the Cure for Boils for instance takes 1-3 hours depending on which cauldron anda use). On the other hand, it also makes the experience closer to reality.
Just as the Potions, anda can also practice the spells before anda 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 anda 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 anda can only earn house points if anda 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 pottermore in my opinion is the interaction between users. I really miss the option to send someone a message.
If anda add someone as a friend and (s)he adds anda back, anda are able to see his/her profil and which chapter (s)he is currently exploring. However there isn't much lebih to it. The only way anda can "talk" to other users is oleh leaving a komentar in the Great Hall (where everyone can see it) atau 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, pottermore 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 tunggu 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 pottermore feedback. If anda press it, a poling 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 luar angkasa were anda can make a concrete suggestion how the site could be improved. Of course, anda can tell that in the komentar below chapters, but I don't think they read all the komentar because there are just too many and some of them just say things like "I cinta Hermione so much".
Exploring the Chapters
This is in my opinion the main thing anda can do on pottermore and I really liked it. The pictures for the different moments are very beautiful and I cinta the fact that anda can zoom to three different levels so that different things come into focus. This makes everything seem lebih real. When anda pindah the cursor to the left atau to the right, things in the picture that are closer to anda will pindah further on the screen than things that are farther away. This gives a nice sense of three-dimensionality, although anda can't pindah sideways very far.
Some objects will tampil a reaction if anda menyeberang, salib them with the cursor, which makes exploring lebih exciting and shows a cinta for detail. Collecting things also makes it lebih interesting, although anda can't really do anything with most of the objects, but at least anda receive house points.
I can gladly say that the site exceeded my expectations optically. However, I think the moments could be improved if anda could find something on every zoom level of every picture to make the zoom function lebih sensible, but in most moments anda really can't find everything without zooming, so it is quite good already.
But now about the content: In each chapter anda 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 anda already know what they tell anda there if anda 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) atau "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. anda can find information on her life in three different chapters so anda 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 anda do these two kuiz at the right time in the story, so anda won't belong to any house until the Sorting Hat chapter. A small negative result of this is that anda 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 detik time (when they have already been sorted) will have lebih house points in the end that those who found everything at once.
As for the Sorting Hat - I still think that anda can know better which house suits anda best yourself than the website could know from the seven pertanyaan anda answered. I would like it better if everyone had to answer a greater amount of pertanyaan from J.K. Rowling's pool. Of course, 7 is an important number in the books, but I would value a good Sorting result lebih than this symbolic aspect.
I found most of the pertanyaan very interesting, but I didn't like the pertanyaan "Black atau white?". Are anda supposed to choose the colour anda like better (e.g. what anda prefer to wear) atau should anda consider the symbolic aspects? I've got the feeling that this kind of pertanyaan rather tends to distort the result than help finding the right house for someone.
Potion Brewing and Dueling
Once anda have explored all the chapters, this is what remains for anda to do until the selanjutnya book is published. Like this anda can earn lebih house points, however anda might also lose some if your Potions explode. If anda fail to brew your Potion correctly, but it doesn't explode (which hasn't happened to me so far), anda will get one point for trying. Personally, I think the difficulty is appropriate because it would be kind of boring if anda succeeded every time. I also think it is really helpful that anda can practice the "Cure for Boils" without using up your ingredients (which anda have to buy in Diagon Alley - but anda have got lots of money!) and without risking to lose points. However, I wish anda could also practice the other Potions before actually brewing them because it is much easier if anda already know what to do without checking the book after every step because there is a time limit.
The time anda have to let the Potion brew before anda can do the last steps can be a little annoying (the Cure for Boils for instance takes 1-3 hours depending on which cauldron anda use). On the other hand, it also makes the experience closer to reality.
Just as the Potions, anda can also practice the spells before anda 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 anda 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 anda can only earn house points if anda 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 pottermore in my opinion is the interaction between users. I really miss the option to send someone a message.
If anda add someone as a friend and (s)he adds anda back, anda are able to see his/her profil and which chapter (s)he is currently exploring. However there isn't much lebih to it. The only way anda can "talk" to other users is oleh leaving a komentar in the Great Hall (where everyone can see it) atau 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, pottermore 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 tunggu 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 pottermore feedback. If anda press it, a poling 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 luar angkasa were anda can make a concrete suggestion how the site could be improved. Of course, anda can tell that in the komentar below chapters, but I don't think they read all the komentar because there are just too many and some of them just say things like "I cinta Hermione so much".