Provisional direction, transparent evidence status
Three ways to show one state story.
Each prototype uses the same states, same mode order, same questions, and the same icon + pattern + text + color language. Try them at mobile and desktop sizes, by touch or keyboard.
Zero moderated sessions were completed. The recruitment study was withdrawn before any session.
The product owner explicitly waived the evidence gate on August 25, 2026.
Option B is a provisional default by a product-owner heuristic decision, not user evidence or validation.
A controlled comparison fixture
It deliberately includes an unmarked state; states with 1, 2, 3, and 5 modes; primary + goal borders; large and small Northeast states; and a Florida “lived here + airport only” semantic conflict.
Provisional choice, not user-validated
Option B · hierarchy
Provisional default
Primary fill plus badges
The explicit primary mode owns the patterned fill. Up to three independent symbol badges add context; a dark-backed gold border marks goals without relying on dashes alone.
Northeast callouts keep Rhode Island and Maine attached to their small source states with leader lines; the text list below preserves every mode.
- CA+1California. Full modes: Meaningful visit; Lived here; Stayed overnight; Ate a meal; Want to visit. Primary: Lived here. Goal: Want to visit
- COColorado. Full modes: Meaningful visit; Stayed overnight; Ate a meal. Primary: Meaningful visit
- TXTexas. Full modes: Lived here; Drove through. Primary: Lived here
- MEMaine. Full modes: Meaningful visit. Primary: Meaningful visit
- RIRhode Island. Full modes: Stayed overnight; Want to visit. Primary: Stayed overnight. Goal: Want to visit
- FLFlorida. Full modes: Lived here; Airport only. Primary: Lived here. Semantic conflict example
- ALUnmarkedAlabama. Full modes: none
- ● Meaningful visitsolid plum
- ⌂ Lived herediagonal lines
- ☾ Stayed overnightdots
- ↝ Drove throughcrosshatch
- ✈ Airport onlyvertical bars
- ◆ Ate a mealdiamonds
- ⚡ Fueled/chargedhorizontal bars
- ✦ Want to visitstars
Option A · equal bands
Split fill
Fixed global mode order divides each state into deterministic bands. Pattern and dark separators back up color; four bands is the legibility cap.
Large-state check: California. Small-state checks: Maine and Rhode Island. Select any state for a text inspection.
- CA+1California. Full modes: Meaningful visit; Lived here; Stayed overnight; Ate a meal; Want to visit. Primary: Lived here. Goal: Want to visit
- COColorado. Full modes: Meaningful visit; Stayed overnight; Ate a meal. Primary: Meaningful visit
- TXTexas. Full modes: Lived here; Drove through. Primary: Lived here
- MEMaine. Full modes: Meaningful visit. Primary: Meaningful visit
- RIRhode Island. Full modes: Stayed overnight; Want to visit. Primary: Stayed overnight. Goal: Want to visit
- FLFlorida. Full modes: Lived here; Airport only. Primary: Lived here. Semantic conflict example
- ALUnmarkedAlabama. Full modes: none
- ● Meaningful visitsolid plum
- ⌂ Lived herediagonal lines
- ☾ Stayed overnightdots
- ↝ Drove throughcrosshatch
- ✈ Airport onlyvertical bars
- ◆ Ate a mealdiamonds
- ⚡ Fueled/chargedhorizontal bars
- ✦ Want to visitstars
Option C · focused view
Single-mode filter
One mode at a time uses both pattern and symbol. Nonmatches remain visible in neutral ink, while Composite and All modes are separate choices.
Showing 8 of 50 states with any recorded mode.
- Alabama — No modes
- Alaska — No modes
- Arizona — No modes
- Arkansas — No modes
- California — Meaningful visit; Lived here; Stayed overnight; Ate a meal; Want to visitPrimary: Lived here. Goal: Want to visit.
- Colorado — Meaningful visit; Stayed overnight; Ate a mealPrimary: Meaningful visit.
- Connecticut — No modes
- Delaware — No modes
- Florida — Lived here; Airport onlyPrimary: Lived here. Semantic conflict example.
- Georgia — No modes
- Hawaii — No modes
- Idaho — No modes
- Illinois — No modes
- Indiana — No modes
- Iowa — No modes
- Kansas — No modes
- Kentucky — No modes
- Louisiana — No modes
- Maine — Meaningful visitPrimary: Meaningful visit.
- Maryland — No modes
- Massachusetts — No modes
- Michigan — No modes
- Minnesota — No modes
- Mississippi — No modes
- Missouri — No modes
- Montana — No modes
- Nebraska — No modes
- Nevada — No modes
- New Hampshire — No modes
- New Jersey — No modes
- New Mexico — No modes
- New York — Ate a mealPrimary: Ate a meal.
- North Carolina — No modes
- North Dakota — No modes
- Ohio — No modes
- Oklahoma — No modes
- Oregon — No modes
- Pennsylvania — No modes
- Rhode Island — Stayed overnight; Want to visitPrimary: Stayed overnight. Goal: Want to visit.
- South Carolina — No modes
- South Dakota — No modes
- Tennessee — No modes
- Texas — Lived here; Drove throughPrimary: Lived here.
- Utah — No modes
- Vermont — No modes
- Virginia — No modes
- Washington — Drove throughPrimary: Drove through.
- West Virginia — No modes
- Wisconsin — No modes
- Wyoming — No modes
- ● Meaningful visitsolid plum
- ⌂ Lived herediagonal lines
- ☾ Stayed overnightdots
- ↝ Drove throughcrosshatch
- ✈ Airport onlyvertical bars
- ◆ Ate a mealdiamonds
- ⚡ Fueled/chargedhorizontal bars
- ✦ Want to visitstars
What happens next?
Option B remains a provisional default only. The unused moderated protocol is preserved for future validation, and Option C remains available as the focused single-mode view.