28 Apr
2017
28 Apr
'17
10:01 a.m.
On 28 Apr 2017, at 09:57, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica)
<valicac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Clément Aubin <clement.aubin(a)xwiki.com>
wrote:
I agree for new users but not for advanced. Users who’ve used those button just once know
about them and don’t need the labels. I’d go as far as saying that the labels could
actually be distracting by taking more visual space and catching your eyes when you look
at the UI as a whole and want to focus on the content.
Now this could be minor and the advantages for the newcomers could be more important than
the small downside for returning users.
Thanks
-Vincent
Hi,
On 04/27/2017 11:58 AM, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) wrote:
From an usability perspective, having labels is unbeatable both for new
users and advanced users. Some summary until now:
P2: Craig, Olivier
P4: Mahomed, Steffen, Jesse, Miroslav
As a «fresh» user, I would prefer P2, mostly because I don’t think that
every newcomer will have the intuition to look at the top-right corner
of the page for its options. Adding labels allows for those three icons
to be more visible.
We could also display the icons labels only if the
user has the «simple»
user profile and remove them as soon as he
becomes more advanced.
Not sure about making this configurable. It's a simple decision, we need to
agree on a default. With this approach we make everything in XWiki
configurable.
The advantage of reaching to newcomers is that in time they will also
become advanced users. We want to encourage user transformation. Also I
don't think users that start with a more explicit interface will like the
change after, since they will become accustomed to it.
Thanks,
Caty
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