Whatever you decided what I really wish is that you comment the code, whenever
is the CSS code or the HTML/JS. Is really hard getting to document tigris
because most of the css is code generated so the CSS tree grow exponentially.
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Alexandro Colorado
Co-Leader of OpenOffice.org Spanish
http://es.openoffice.org/
Quoting ":murb: [maarten brouwers]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
Hi Daniel and others of course,
Why do I like it much more than the current website?
Because big images, big text gives a more secure feel to it. Even if the
project is huge we don't need to show the users a frontpage with dozens
of different items and a lot of space. Big objects look as if they were
closer to the screen.
Those are sensible points. There is a lot more to usability than
that though. I've compiled a nice list of resources:
http://website.openoffice.org/tryouts/dcarrera/usability.html
Could you please explain what is wrong then? If Jacob (who is heavily
criticized btw by other researchers) would look at
http://sc40.sfo.collab.net/ what would he say, besides putting out some
vague notions and referring to an expensive report? Please say so, and
critisize things one by one... I believe the design I made is really
usable, even when style is completely turned off (this would be a great
test, right?).
And just commenting on the project leads they lack knowledge on Jacob
Nielsen without really commenting on current designs yourself using
arguments based on scientific research in Interaction Design makes no
sense to mee at all. Are buttons too small in your opinion referring to
Fitt's law, or do you think the information architecture isn't that
transparent as it should be? Do you think some area should be available
within one click? Don't you think the current site is well browsable
using text2speech browsers? Do you think people think it's a too good
product when the website looks too nice and maybe expectations might be
too high for an opensource product? Or is it looking too commercial? Are
images making the site too slow?
There are a million things to consider when talking about a good
website, and therefore I tend to use mostly my intuition. I am able to
write a thesis about usability, but I can't (yet) argue for every design
decision. Some choices were merely aesthetical choices, but these indeed
influence usability again... The thing that the presentation box has a
shadow puts the layer on a higher level, giving it visually more
importance. And besides these points, even aesthetics matter. When a
site looks better, people tend to find it a less hard stay. Not that
this is an excuse for bad usability on other aspects.
g.,
Maarten
ps. And btw good usability is more than just checking a W3C accesibility
checklist...
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