Hi, On Wednesday, August 27, 2014, Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thoughts along the way: > > == One == > > > http://fab.wmflabs.org/maniphest/task/create/ (imagine that the "Points" > field is not there). > > What if I don't have this link? > We still have to define the content of the homepage, so there. More about the content of the soon-to-become homepage at http://fab.wmflabs.org/T12 See also https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help#Creating_a_task I tried click the + at the top of the screen. This gave me a menu that says: > Create New: > Maniphest Task > Pholio Mock > Paste > Now it says Create New: Task Mockup Paste > (Come to think of it, I guess that Paste is kinda like Pastebin, > but that's because I'm a developer.) > Also like Copy&Paste, a term most users landing in that page will be familiar with. But anyway, if you clicked that button because you wanted to create a task, "Create New: Task" is a clear choice now. > *However*, since it is so similar to email, it's all the more confusing > when you get to the details. In email, the usual order of fields is.... But this is not an email interface. It is a task creation interface. If you want to create a task, "Title" is a clear concept, "CC" is probably clear as well (and if not, leaving it empty is just fine), the fact that tasks are classified into "Projects" is a familiar concept too (and if not, you can also leave it blank), and "Description" doesn't need any explanation. > you must > take into account that lots of people don't bother reading field labels and > get very confused. > Only Title and Description accept free text, so getting it wrong is actually somewhat difficult. :) I think this is quite of a low barrier for any English speaking user of MediaWiki of Wikimedia sites. Even the "English speaking" part can be improved in the future (but I'm digressing here). == Three == > I tried typing "MediaWiki" in projects and got an auto-completion with an > umbrella icon. "Why umbrella?", I thought. And then I got it :) > Good! :) The list of projects we have currently in fab.wmflabs.org is quite random (i.e. you were lucky to find a "MediaWiki" project, created just for testing purposes long time ago). By Day 1 we will have a full list of real projects, type-ahead should offer sensible results, and icons of projects will follow a consistent guideline. > == Four == > Another thought: I searched for the attachment icon. I found it, but I am > not sure that it would be easy to find for all users. I might be > subjective, thought, because I upload a lot of screenshots and mileage may > vary for other users. > Maybe you and me are getting old? ;) Note that, strictly speaking, users are not "attaching" (clip metaphore) but uploading a file that can be used anywhere and linking it to the description / comment, all at once. The tooltip says "Upload File" and you see an "up" arrow in a cloud. This is in fact a character from Awesome Font, so if you find a better alternative at https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/ we can propose it upstream. -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
