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Phase 4 UX exploration — workshop desk metaphor. Workspace layout changes: - Investigation Map promoted from preview to workspace artefact - Understanding card given wider surface (lg:col-span-2) - Grid shifts from equal-column to cognitive-weighted widths (lg:grid-cols-5) - Mobile remains stacked; tablet simplifies naturally - Desktop exploits wider working canvas Layout structured by cognitive activity: Active workspace zone (Question + Response) Supporting workspace (Understanding, Map) Reference row (Situation, History)
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Design Evolution Log
A chronological record of why significant design decisions were made. This is NOT a changelog. It records the product's evolution of thinking.
Phase 1
Simple conversational investigation
Question → Answer interaction.
Purpose: Prove the reasoning loop.
Learning: Conversation alone does not provide sufficient context during longer investigations.
Phase 2
Persistent investigation notebook
Added:
- current understanding
- original situation
- investigation history
Learning: Users need persistent context rather than remembering previous answers.
Phase 3
Document workspace
Created a coherent workspace with:
- investigation status
- current investigation
- response
- understanding
- investigation map placeholder
- situation
- history
Learning: The interface became usable but still behaved like a document rather than a workspace.
Phase 4 (Current Exploration)
Facilitated Investigation Workshop
Status: Experimental.
Hypothesis:
The Confidence Engine is not:
- a chatbot
- a dashboard
- a form
It is a facilitated investigation workspace.
The interface should resemble the environment in which structured thinking happens.
Record discoveries rather than conclusions.
Leave room for future phases.
Phase 4 — Guiding Principles
The Confidence Engine is a workspace, not a document.
People think in multiple directions simultaneously.
Useful context should be visible together.
The interface should favour thinking over scrolling.
The workspace should feel like a large desk or workshop rather than a narrow report.
The engine facilitates thinking.
The user contributes evidence.
The workspace captures shared understanding.