The video intro is awesome, Sage :) I'd love to see more variations on a theme with various people, too -- and maybe some experimentation with interspersing screenshots etc. But I like it because it is short and to the point and friendly, and it gives a human face to a kind of intimidating wall o'text. And I am not normally a person who likes videos :)
cheers, phoebe On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Sage Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Since it's a WMF holiday and I can do whatever I want with my time, I > made one too. ;) > > http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Account_Creation_Improvement_Project/Testing_content/Landing_page/Video_walkthrough > > Like FT2, I welcome any edits to make it look better. And feedback > about the content is of course welcome too. I can always do more > takes with revised scripts. > > -Sage > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Lennart Guldbrandsson > <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com * _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
