Hi Silvia, Silvia Rusu wrote: > > Ecaterina Valica-2 wrote: >> Hi devs, >> >> You can see the proposal for the new skin at >> http://incubator.myxwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Improvements/Skin20P1 >> Comments, opinions and implementation help are welcomed :) >> >> Thanks, >> Caty >> _______________________________________________ >> devs mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs >> >> > > Hi, > > Since part of my new job is to provide suggestions regarding usability > matters I thought as a start I might provide some observations on the new > skin :-) > > First of all I like the new skin a lot. It's minimalistic and the content is > organized so the users can make the most of it. The following is a list of > suggestions that I think would make the user experience even better. The > user I am referring to is not the web-savvy kind, but a user with a minimal > browsing experience. > > > Skin: View->Content > > - It would be great if there was a link where people who had trouble with > the wiki could go for help. This could be a link to all documentation, the > user guide, etc. > > - "Query" is a term users that are not internet-savvy may not understand. I > suggest writing "Search" in the search box. This would make "Search my wiki" > redundant, so I suggest removing the text above the search box altogether. > > - Users may not be familiar with some of the languages the wiki is available > in. As a result they may fail to identify the current language if it is not > marked distinctively (e.g. Current language could be a blue button). >
> - The terms "Administration Administrator" at the top of the page are > redundant and may cause confusion. Users may not understand why the word is > repeated. I suggest replacing "Administration" with "Loged-in as". The two words are in fact links to two different things: * Administration: link to the wiki administration page * Administrator: link to the profile of the currently logged in user Your comment proves that: * it's not clear that they are links * it's not clear that they are separated We should definitely improve this. Marius > > - While the first 3 actions in the “View” menu (Content, Source, History) > are connected, I think "Related Pages" would make more sense in "Quick > Links". This would also make it easier for the user to consult other similar > pages and overall increase his use of the wiki. > > - I suggest adding a "view change" link next to the last modification date. > This will provide non-experienced users with quick access to modifications > in case they don't know what the "History" tab does. > > - I think it would be better if we had tags under the title. I agree people > will most likely add tags after they have read the content. However tags may > also be used to find similar information that users can skim through while > reading the current article. (e.g.: I am reading an article about a Beatles > album on a wiki. As soon as I open the page I will click on “The Beatles” > tag under the title and open it in a new tab in order to find out more about > their other albums. I will be reading these pages in parallel and making > comparisons). > As an alternative we could have a tag list/cloud in the right panel. > > > Skin: WYSIWYG > > The preview button at the bottom of the page should be the first button, as > the user is likely to click on it a few times before he saves and publishes > the content. > > > Skin: View->History > > I think the "previous page" button should be in front of the first page, > while the "next page" button should stay after the 9th page. This is a > system users are already familiar with. > > Hope this is useful ;-) > _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
