Just a thought. It seems that the 'wiki - space - page' is a hard concept to get; maybe it's too complex, maybe it's not intuitive. I heard once that we should use 'folder' instead of 'space'.
My thought is the following: do we need to explain a hard concept or do we need to simplify it? However, 'simplifying' is probably a big work to do. In a short-term action plan, a pitch to explain these concepts is a good idea. -- Jean On jeu., 2014-07-31 at 12:13 +0300, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) wrote: > Hi, > > We did some usability testing sessions and found out that one of the > biggest problems users are facing is that they don't understand the Home - > Wiki - Space - Page concepts. > Because of this confusion: > - they are creating a wiki instead of a space or a page, > - they don't know where they are located when looking at a page (in the > main wiki or in a subwiki), > - they don't know how to navigate to the pages they've created, > - very confused that we have a Main space in every wiki, > - they are having a hard time making a difference between a space and an > application, > - hard to understand everything is a page, > - etc. > > We could do many things in order to improve our navigation, but one thing I > want us to focus in this mail thread is the explanation of Wiki - Space - > Page concepts on the Main.WebHome. > > Currently the content of the Welcome Block is: > > = Welcome to your wiki = > > > > It's an easy-to-edit website that will help you work better together. This > > Wiki is made of //pages// sorted by //spaces//. You're currently in the > > **Main** space, looking at its home page (**WebHome**). > > > > Learn how to use XWiki with the [[Getting Started Guide]] > > > > You can then use the [[Sandbox space]] to try out your wiki's features. > > > > I would like to replace this message with an introductory text that explain > the concepts (there were also some ideas that maybe we need some images to > represent the hierarchy, etc.) and I need your opinion on this subject. > > So, how would you pitch the Wiki - Space - Page concepts to newcomers? > > Thanks, > Caty > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
