On 01/23/2012 12:19 PM, Vincent Massol wrote:
Hi devs,
In 2009 we launched a survey on xwiki.org:
http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/SurveyXWikiFeatures2009
The results were published here:
- http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/Features+Survey+Results
- http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Blog/FeatureStatus20120119
The idea is to do that same with a new survey. Benjamin Lanciaux (from XWiki
SAS) has prepared one here:
http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/SurveyXWikiFeatures2012
Please let me know if you're ok and I'll send the survey on the user list.
On top of Florin's remarks, I'd like to add that, in my opinion, the
themes are not that well composed.
Applications and App Store mixes several different things. On one hand
it includes something as generic as "More apps bundled", then it goes to
something as specific as "Glossary". Plus, it includes the "XWiki
Network" which isn't something that the open source community handles.
Why are there only two specific apps mentioned? Was it somehow
determined that these are the most important apps requested by the
community?
Dev Tools: I'm not sure we should have this section at all. What is the
target of this survey? People that can understand and have an opinion on
this section aren't casual users. We're mixing user-facing features and
platform internals. Most of the items proposed here, like the new data
model or interface extensions, can only be evaluated by experienced
committers. Others, such as "Syntax coloring" and "Livetable
improvements", might fit better in the "User dev tools" section. There
is a risk that these very technical items be considered important only
by a handful of committers, thus getting a very low score, although they
are a precondition for implementing other features proposed in the
survey. Typo: "Translate->Translatable document objects".
Quality: This is another section that seems to mix a broad range of
topics, from UI/UX improvements to internal aspects like LDAP, and build
stuff like automated integration tests. Maybe instead of "Run Automated
UI Tests..." we should say something that most users can relate to, such
as "Better quality assurance for the supported browsers and databases".
Why is multipage export related to quality? And will users understand
the difference between this multipage export and the one in the "Wiki
Management" section? Typo: "Sync big (more then->than 2000 users)
LDAP/AD groups".
Ease of Use: I don't see the difference between some of the items here
and items from the previous category.
Help: I'd rename this section "Documentation". For "Shortcut help" I'd
link to the design page where it's pretty neatly detailed.
Universal Access: This should be renamed to Mobile Access, since it only
lists mobile-related items. "Universal" access implies more than a
phone, and should include stuff like better support for R2L languages,
better support for screen readers, a voice stylesheet, better stylesheet
for print, stylesheets for small screens and for TVs. If you want to
keep the "Universal Access" title, then some of the items I mentioned
should be included in the survey as well.
Wiki Management: What's the difference between "Multipage Export" from
the Quality section, "Multipage Export UI" and "Better Wiki Import/Export"?
What kind of user are you: What does "developer" mean? Is it a committer
developing the XWiki platform itself, or idoes it refer to external
users that develop applications on top of XWiki for their own wikis /
for their employers?
We should include a final big textarea where users can write any
comments they'd like to share with us.
In general:
- too many abbreviations
- I'd link most of the items to their associated Jira issue or design
page, if they have one
- some items are too cryptic or broad, like "Messaging UI" or "Improve
print option", while others are too long, like "New data model for
accessing and manipulating XWiki entities (needed for nested spaces for
ex, global versioning, rights on XObjects, translations on XObjects, etc)"
--
Sergiu Dumitriu
http://purl.org/net/sergiu/
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