Great work! Thanks for doing this. I've responded to some of the comments inline.
On May 21, 2009, at 7:36 AM, Alex Hempton-Smith wrote: > I'm constantly asking friends and family to sit in-front of my Mac > with Silverback [1] running, to get their impressions of new > software/websites I'm working on - something I'd recommend to > everyone! > > I did this with my younger brother, and asked him to have a play > with the Habari dashboard, and he ended up getting pretty > frustrated! Here's the summary of points: > "The widgets are easy to move around, less 'fiddly' than WordPress." I assume that's a good thing. :) > "Why are there only three widgets?" Unfortunately, I don't foresee the ability to have many more "default" widgets anytime soon. Most other widgets would have edge users and should probably be provided by plugins. However, once we get the theme/plugin directory together, I'd like to see an ability to easily add plugins (through the UI). That function could probably be easily extended to the dashboard by tagging certain plugins as "dashboard plugins" which can be downloaded & installed through the UI. > "How can I add more? Where's the big '+' like on a Mac?!" See above. > > "What does 'Latest Log Activity mean? Oh, you mean latest site > activity..." I think it would be worth renaming. > He didn't know what the 'i' did on the Latest Log Activity widget Presently, nothing. Eventually, it will allow widget configuration. This is modeled after the OSX dashboard configuration, which also uses an "i". > When he clicked it, he tried to close the config screen, and clicked > the 'x' thinking that was the right thing to do Yes, that seems very confusing, especially as it becomes "highlighted" by the background. It should probably be hidden when in configuration, and the "i" should change to an "x." > Got very surprised when it disappeared, tried to look for an 'Undo' > button, even looking in the Message Log, but found none Unfortunately, this isn't a desktop application. It would be very difficult and resource-intensive for us to implement universal undo. > Eventually managed to add it again using the dropdown > So, what do we do? Here's some ideas I had in light of the testing: > Perhaps make the 'Latest Log Activity' more understandable to non- > geeks... :P Indeed. See above. > Have a pretty looking tooltip appear when the 'i' is hovered over, > "Change the settings for this widget" Good idea. > > The 'x' should disappear on the blacked out config screen, and 'i' > should then have a tooltip saying "Close settings" Agreed. > On the Message Log, to the right of those messages, could we > possibly have an Undo button? Unfortunately, I'm afraid thats not entirely possible. We simply don't have the system behind it to support such "undo" functionality. It would require that everything was never really deleted, which would end up being resource intensive. That's the trouble with working in a web environment: things which are relatively easy on the desktop are difficult on the web. > Although it was very basic testing, I tend to agree with the results > and would love to get peoples feedback on this... Again, thanks for the feedback. –Arthus --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
