I can't devote much time to this presently. Off the cuff, I would say that I have more of a feeling of being 'lost' on the Mpls site, whereas I have a better sense of where I am, how to get back where I was, and how to navigate through the St. Paul site.
My experience is simply one person's point of view. Hopefully, there has been some usability testing done or planned for the site. It's a very important resource that touches a huge # of people. I was contacted off list by some city IT workers who offered to pass along my ideas or concerns to the webmaster. I appreciated that follow-up and will try to respond to their inquiry. It is one of several examples where questions or issues I have discussed on the list have led to a direct response from someone working in that area... thank you to everyone that may be lurking that is paying attention to issues raised here. With regard to the comment by Mr. Mork, I would say that in an attempt to be an authority on every issue ever posted to the list, he jeopardizes any interest people might have in reading what he has to say. Clumsily describing myself (ostensibly) and other list members as 'web-innocent' isn't going to endear him. > City Web Site > There must be a lot of web-innocent people in this discussion group. Regards, Jason Stone | Hale --- SClift Mobile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Let's make this a useful experience ... > > Name two specific changes you would like to see on the city web site. > > Share links to two web sites (perhaps other city government web sites) > that our city should emulate. > > The U of M has a new web usability lab. Perhaps the city can create a > partnership with them. The mayor and a few city council members should > be on the other side of the glass for a couple of hours and simply watch > members of the public attempt to complete a set of typical tasks. Only > with real political understanding of the sites use and importance will > the resources and sense of priority required manifest itself. > > > Steven Clift > Carag Resident > Former project coordinator for state of Mn e-gov 1994-97 > > > > - - - - - - - > Steven Clift > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://publicus.net > E-mailed from my wireless "Sidekick" > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL > PROTECTED] before > continuing it on the list. > 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
