28 Apr
2017
28 Apr
'17
11:36 a.m.
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.
I totally agree with this about the UI and wasted space and distractions.
Now this could be minor and the advantages for the
newcomers could be more important than the
small downside for returning users.
Well newcomers just need to learn about the functions of the buttons by using them once or
twice. Whereas the rest of us have to deal with the wasted space and distraction forever
more :) Also, can't the concern about newcomers (and the introduction to the purpose
of the buttons) be addressed with the tour application that now runs for new users?
Honestly I don't think everyone is going to agree on this. Whatever the XWiki team
chooses, will probably be fine. People will complain for a bit and just move on with life.
So I think the team should just take the result from the poll and implement that as I
think the topic could continue indefinitely :-)
Kind regards,
Mahomed Hussein
Custodian Data Centre
Email: Mahomed(a)CustodianDC.com
http://www.CustodianDC.com
-----Original Message-----
From: users [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org] On Behalf Of Vincent Massol
Sent: 28 April 2017 09:02
To: XWiki Users <users(a)xwiki.org>
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] [Proposal][UX] Feedback for Explicit Content Actions
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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