This is good. I'll make sure we'll test this as well. Best wishes,
Lennart 2011/2/21 FT2 <[email protected]> > I'm not usually one for graphic design, so this could probably do with > improving and relevant links adding. > > I've added a version that could be helpful at > > http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Account_Creation_Improvement_Project/Testing_content/Landing_page/mod2 > > What I'm hoping to address are: > > 1. Layouts "original version" and "redesign" are too close to "wall of > text" for many newcomers. Even though they are simple short bullet lists > with icons, I'm concerned they'll skip it. A better layout and a few > brief > bullets may do better and also be more informative. > > 2. The audience is people who want to get involved, so an overview they > can come back to might be helpful. I have assumed this page is linked > from > the toolkit so they can always find it. > > 3. It might be better to have a link for "editing", and save the mention > of policies there. At the start a user needs to know the basics, that > some > stuff will be ok and some won't, and "click here to find out which". Then > they are reading it *by choice* and it'll probably be more "sticky" as a > result. > > Words like "policies" may tend to overwhelm or frighten many of those we > want to engage. > > 4. The section for "readers" also includes* "Reading, or want to make > improvements and corrections?" *The *unstated thought *is that a reader > will also be someone who might want to make a small correction. Gut feel > says that a major route is readers who are then tempted to make their > first > correction, or who need to know they *can *think of it. I'd like to see > the effect of including "making a small improvement or correction" *as > part of info for end-users*, not just keeping it separate. > > Not technically accurate but may be effective this way, as "editing" > could be felt as overwhelming (initially) where "make a small correction" > may be perceived as empowering. Many people may think "someone should > fix > that" and despite all our pages, not fully realize the "someone" is > allowed > to be *them*. > > 5. *I have not put links in yet.* I would not make individual words, > lines, or sentences a link. Link proliferation is a distraction, we found > that out in the record 2010 fundraiser. Make each section (except the > last) > to be *one* link clickable anywhere. Unfortunately (bug > 18640<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18460>) > the <a href...> html tag can't be used yet in markup, otherwise I'd make > the > entirety of each cell a single link to some (short) relevant subpage. > > I'd actually like it done via a popup, that appears when you click a cell > for information. That's more classy and suited to the richer interface of > other modern websites, but outside my skills. Anyone else know where I > can > find a basic "click this and get a dismissible popup" DIV class? :) > > 6. Should contain something interesting and engaging too :) > > > Feedback and any design-related questions welcomed! > Not sure where to link this from/to though. > > FT2 > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- Lennart Guldbrandsson, Fellow of the Wikimedia Foundation and chair of Wikimedia Sverige // Wikimedia Foundation-stipendiat och ordförande för Wikimedia Sverige _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
