On Saturday 18 March 2006 11:34, Rod Engelsman wrote: >Jallan wrote: >> And, of course, any interface can be improved, but probably won't be >> without constructive criticism. >> >> Jallan > >You're on! Here's my constructive criticism for IZ: > >1. I used to know how to get to it, but since the site has been >redesigned it takes me far too long to find it. The layout and >navigation of the site is really poor. > >Suggestion: Have a link to IZ from the Home page. Maybe under a > section entitled "Get Involved". Test the design with "people from > the street". That's what professional web site designers do. > >2. The issue-filing page is a confusing and intimidating mess. It was >designed for insiders. Altogether too many fields and drop-boxes. > >Suggestion: Design a page for "regular users" to report bugs. This > page should have maybe a half-dozen fields and boxes to consider, no > more. A QA member will have to go in and "flesh out" the bug report, > but that happens anyway with the current system. > >3. Either pay attention to votes or just forget about it. It's hard > for me to consider the current system as anything more than a farce. > But if votes are to be tallied and considered, then: > >Suggestion: Recognize the effort expended in reporting an issue and >credit the report with an automatic 5 votes. This would also apply to >subsequent issues that are later marked as duplicates of some other >report. When issue X is marked as a duplicate of issue Y, then the > issue Y should inherit issue X's votes.
Rod, spot on. In either BZ or IZ, getting the newbie thru the search menu's that insist on trying to match your bug with an existing one is an admirable objective, but it makes it far too hard to get to the page that actually lets you file the report. This discourages report fileing by non-developers, so the little itches just don't get reported. These things really do need to be tested by the man on the street for usability before they're use is carved in stone. -- Cheers, Gene People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2006 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
