Jan: Thanks for bringing these things up; we were discussing them last fall, because they cause my students no end of consternation. They have a terrible time importing datasets.
Aaron On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 1:33 AM, jan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear RKWard Devs, > > Since I was recently working again more with RKWard (analysing usability > data…), here are some usability problems I found. I tired to estimate > how hard they are to fix, so one could focus on the most effective fixes. > > I split them in different mails, so that the issues stay separated. > > 1) Reading CSV Data > =========== > > First row as col names (easy/medium difficulty fix) > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > It took me a long time until I found how to get the first row as column > name. Assumed reason: The checkbox for the option (nicely put on the > first tab!) is somewhat squeezed between other elements. On Linux it > looks like it is part of "quick options", on Mac this impression is even > more extreme, since it resides in some darker-colored box. > > Violated Heuristics: Usability, Standards (all other options have some > sort of headline) > > Proposed Fix: Give it a space on its own (an own line) and/or a headline > > > Aside there are several smaller issues I found. > > Wordings (Easy fix) > -------------------------- > > a) In "Column names in first row" (1st tab) it is unclear if the first > row is the CSV’s or the resulting data.frame. (Suggestion: "Use first > line as column names" (?)) > b) "Default": On the second tab there are many "Defaults", but it is > unclear what this default is. > c) "Edit Object" (1st tab, save to options): This seems to open the > object after import in the table view, but it suggests it somehow > directly changes some object (like a mixin or an overwrite...) > (Suggestion: "Open after Import" or "View after import") > > Active/Inactive Fields (Medium) > ----------------------------------------- > > Depended on other fields, some radiobutton options are active or > inactive. Sometimes it is hard to follow why, and the many inactive > options irritate > Possible fix: Using Dropdowns (?) like in RStudio’s import > > Preview (Difficult) > ----------------------- > This is probably hard to implement but a preview of the first 5 or so > imported lines would be great (also RStudio inspired) > > Flow: Call the file selector (easy to medium) > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Before any option makes any sense, I file needs to be loaded. So > flow-wise it would make sense to open the file picker right away. It > also would match user expectations, since it is standard in many other > applications. > > > > > Kind Regards, > Jan > _______________________________________________ > rkward-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/rkward-devel >
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