I assume all sets tagged "People" are also tagged as "Experimental", that could be the issue.
>> Exactly. i should have paid more attention to that when setting up the test >> bed. your critics are very useful! i'll debrief with the customer. but you know, she wanted this experimental interface, so i guess many comments on the usability side will not make any visible UI changes. But i foresee more explanatory instructions during loading time (plus the load-on-demand features) will be direct results of you guys comments. thanks much! alex On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 10:41 PM, ricardobeat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 5. the right/left arrows are too discrete and look quirky, a simple >> styled arrow without the vertical bar would be more beautiful and >> useful >> >> >> they were actually designed by the customer, and i personally find them >> >> quite good looking but it's all amount to taste in the end. and you know, >> >> it's just arrows. Once you know they are there, you won' spend much time >> >> admiring their beauty. > > what I meant to say is that they don't look like arrows, their > function is not implicit until you hover and realize it's clickable. > >> >> 7. clicking the category names at the top is a mistery. I guess it >> adds (underline) or removes (no underline) categories from the >> barcode, but that is far from intuitive and there is no animation, it >> just pops a new barcode instantly >> >> >> it actually filters the barcode, only showing the images related to the >> >> keywords underlined. The customer, when encoding an image set, associates >> >> one or more of the 5 tags. These keywords enable the visitor to select >> >> which images to actually see. note that the current images are just a >> >> dummy encoding, so the current associaiton is not relevant, hence your >> >> probable confusion? > > similar to above, I think behaviour is not clear. If you click > "Editorial" for example nothing happens, and "advertising" causes > unoticeable changes in the barcode. When you have "Professional" and > "Experimental" selected, if you click "People" nothing changes also. > In those cases one could think that the interface is not working, > because there are no visible changes. I assume all sets tagged > "People" are also tagged as "Experimental", that could be the issue. > >> thanks a lot again > > you're welcome, hope my critics are useful :] > > - ricardo
