On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 6:47 PM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) < vali...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 11:33 PM, Vincent Massol <vinc...@massol.net> > wrote: > > > Hi devs, > > > > Over the weekend I had some friends at my house and I asked one of them > to > > try a few simple tasks in XWiki. > > > > 1) I asked him to modify the home page to put his own content. > > > > He couldn’t find how to edit the home page... > > > > * I ran the Tour wizard and he read everything and finished it and still > > could’t find how to edit > > * He even read the content of the home page and noticed the line that > says > > to use the pencil icon above to edit the page. He tried to click the > pencil > > icon but couldn’t find or realize that there was a button to click above. > > * In the end I had to explain to him that page action bar. > > > > Idea/suggestion: At the end of the tour or outside the tour, when the > > first user views the home page, have a flashing arrow with a text “click > > here to edit this page” to direct the user to edit the page. > > > > Or until we make the interactive tours, showcase the edit buttons in the > first steps of the tour (in case users don't go until the end). > > > > > > Note that he mentioned having some text before the icons to say that this > > was a Menu… I found it a bit strange. When he saw the XWiki admin UI, he > > said that the vertical menu was much simpler to understand and that it > > would be nicer to use that for the page actions. I explained that it > would > > take too much space and he understood that. > > > > I'm glad that he liked the vertical menu. > > > > > > 2) I asked him to create a new page. It took him some time to understand > > he had to enter a title but he did it. He clicked the “empty page” > > template, thinking that it would create the page. He even double-clicked > > it. After some hints from my side, he was able to locate the “create” > > button. > > > > Idea/suggestion: the create button is not easy to locate, it’s quite more > > down from the rest. Note that we’re also missing a cancel button if want > to > > go back and not create a page. > > > > If we were to break down the 2 columns display it will go even lower, but > on the other hand it will be a vertical form and users will have just 1 > direction of flow. > > > > > > 3) I asked him to delete the page after he edited it and even created a > > new page but he didn’t realize the action would in the same action bar. > The > > reason is that the icon for the actions is a “settings”/“cog” icon and he > > thought that there would be admin stuff under it. > > > > Idea/Suggestion: Change the icon to something else. > > > > http://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/download/Proposal/IdeaLabeledActions/ > moreActions.png > > > > > > 4) I asked him to create pages under other pages and he was able to do > > that fine. > > > > 5) He wanted the wiki in French and we noticed quite a few places that > > were missing translations: > > - the new step in the AWM wizard > > - the create page validation message > > - color theme admin UI > > > > (there were a few others but I forgot them) > > > > Note: When adding an image in CKEditor and when in French, the tab for > > uploading is translated as “Téléverser” which is quite awkward in French > > IMO… ;) > > > > > Not sure we can control translations coming from CKEditor. > It needs to be fixed on https://www.transifex.com/ckeditor/ckeditor/ . > > > > > > 6) He was able to use the navigation panel to navigate > > > > Food for thoughts and actions… > > > > > Thanks for the summary mail. Very interesting. > Caty > > > > Thanks > > -Vincent > > > > > > >
