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Drupal 7 Usability Study at Google: Results and Notes
In february 2012, a usability study of Drupal 7 was done at Google.
…to gain insight into how non-engineering, tech-savvy users interact with the Drupal content management system when they first begin using it.
Videos will be posted soon, watch this space. The testing team will meet again this week to compare notes. Use this page and the comments to add yours!
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The Progression of the Drupal Mobile HTML Prototype
The aim of the Drupal Mobile HTML prototype is to demonstrate the look, feel and thinking behind the design for Drupal’s Mobile Admin interface. It is purely for demonstrative purposes.
This document references the D8MUX Roadmap and everything in that post also applies here.
Media module designs
Here are some designs for media module improvements that i did about a year ago. Some of this got implemented but there's more that might be useful. I have also attached the multilayered fireworks file (media_manager_i044.png) if anyone wants to pick up on this work and carry it forward.
Drupal usability study at Google - Watch live!
Google employee Becky "technicka" Gessler is running a series of usability studies on Drupal this week. http://groups.drupal.org/node/204868 has all of the details; here are the highlights:
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There will be two sets of usability tests run: one on Feb 1 using "stock" Drupal 7 and one on Feb 3 using the Drupal 7 media dev install profile (which already includes and pre-configures WYSIWYG, Media, Views, and several other modules) so that we can compare/contrast the results.
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The tests will not only cover ground by previous usability tests (creating content, basic administration, modules), but also attempt to get into more advanced functionality such as Field UI and Views.
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The tests will be live-streamed so we can all watch people bash their faces into tables together. (And hopefully patch issues as fast as we find 'em! :))
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Participants are Google employees (non-engineers) with no Drupal experience who genuinely want to create a simple website, so have motivation to learn Drupal.
It should be highly fun, insightful, and educational. :) Join us in the Google+ hangout and in #drupal-usability on IRC for the peanut gallery!
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Documentation
- Original Thread
- [Google docs](https://docs.google.com/a/bluesparklabs.com/document/d/1ePkvASia99oYjaLn... | Google Docs)
Progress
- January 25th, 2012 - Updates to Visitor Registration scenarios. Thanks @tvn for the feedback!
- January 24th, 2012 - Completed Visitor Registration scenarios. Need feedback.
- January 23rd, 2012 - Started documentation in Google Docs. Added Visitor Registration documentation.
- January 20th, 2012 - Posted original discussion.
Drupalcon Denver Plans for UXers
Hi all. Thought we could start planning for Drupal Denver.
Attendees
- Rick Cecil, arriving March 20th and leaving March 23rd.
- Lisa Rex, should be there all week
- Lewis Nyman, all week
Propose Hangouts
Let's plan at least one hangout for the group (LR: you mean like BoFs?)
- Usability testing BoF
Design Sessions
Bring your design laptop and wireframes and let's get down to business in some collaborative design sessions.
Read moreDrupal 7 Usability Study at Google
Last updated by jenlampton on Sat, 2012-02-04 02:04
What’s the study?
The purpose of this study is to gain insight into how non-engineering, tech-savvy users interact with the Drupal content management system when they first begin using it. We have two groups of users: the first group (February 1) will start with vanilla Drupal 7 and we will be studying their conceptual understanding of Drupal themes. The second group will start with the Drupal 7 as well as a number of modules relevant to the tasks pre-installed. For the second group (February 3), we are more interested in UX issues related to specific core/contrib module interfaces. This project aims to raise awareness of Drupal usability issues to a broader sector of the community. The sessions will be livestreamed and available for anyone to watch by using Livestream.com and a Google+ public hangout.
UX Open hours in IRC, february 6
Get your UX design work updates straight from the people working on it!
Post a comment if you'd like to propose a topic for discussion or want to bring your module for a review of the user interface.
UX IRC open hours
Drop by in IRC in #drupal-usability and discuss current design projects. As always, contrib module authors are welcome to bring user interface questions. Bring screenshots or a demo site and we'll review.
Lets discuss http://groups.drupal.org/node/204213 too.
Improving the Sign In Registration and Account Management interactions
Hi all!
I'm new to the Drupal UX community, but not new to Drupal or User Experience Design. (I've added some info to my drupal.org profile for those interested in reading more...) I just finished speaking with yoroy about diving into Drupal UX work and the topic of Account Management came up. I mentioned how much it annoyed me and, lo and behold, it turns out that it's a pretty common pain point around here. So, I thought I'd kickoff my inaugural journey into doing UX with the Drupal Community with a discussion about Drupal's Sign In, Registration, and Account Management interactions.
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Drupal 7 usability testing (Orientation + Theme)
Hello All,
I plan to conduct a usability study with new users to understand how they get oriented and use Drupal for the very first time. I know some of you had concerns about usability testing being favored toward the new users and not the existing ones. We have studies in mind for them as well :) It is just a matter of time and project management.
Here is a rough rough draft of the study. I would be very much interested in your feedback. Based of the feedback, I will go ahead and create a more robust screener and moderator's guide.
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Eye Tracking / Usability - Tobii
Hi Everyone
I'm currently looking into the possibility of organising a Tobii eye tracking usability full day training session. (See http://www.tobii.com/en/eye-tracking-research/global/ for information in regard to Tobii and eye tracking in general for those of you that may not be aware of the system).
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Access Denied, You are not authorized to access this page
I am going crazy because of this problem ... Become and you get a lot for no reason ...
I have this problem since several months have been circumvented by deleting www .... Noted after several days of normal operation of the website ... But in recent days has become a continuously and, more disturbingly ... when I add new node or edit node ... I normally logged I can add the node and after that I have to log-in again
I have had this problem and prevented me from entering the admin panel until I updated to latest version 6.22 but still happened to me
Regards,
Design Initiative IRC Meetups
Please join us for our 1st bi-weekly meeting to discuss issues and progress related to the Drupal 8 Design initiative. The meeting will be held in #drupal-design in IRC.
PST: 11:00 AM
EST: 2:00 PM
UK: 7:00 PM
CET: 8:00 PM
UX Open hours 12 december
Bring us your prototypes and demo sites. Get design feedback.
http://drupal.org/ui-standards has a first layer of advice on how to use Drupal admin interface patterns.
We'd love to get your feedback on those docs in return.
Leave a comment when you bring something!
Module Redesign Interviews
Hello All,
Over the last few weeks, we have come up with a list of important tasks that we deemed important for the module redesign. However, we would like to test those with our users. So, we are going to conduct interviews and understand how they use the module page.
Following is the guide we intend to use to do the interviews:
Research module page
Goals
Read moreMeeting notes UX open hours 28 november
Redesign modules page
http://drupal.org/node/538904
We kicked of this edition with a rundown of the modules page redesign effort that has had lots of energy the last few weeks. Discussion is lively and we should take care it doesn't turn into a clash of opinions. There was a good question on how we will decide on a direction, and where to base that decision on. We discussed that a bit and came up with the following:
- A first stab at a prioritized task list for the modules page
- We will verify those assumptions with some interviews
Usability testing vendors
I'm considering using a service such as http://www.usertesting.com/ for usability testing on behalf of a client who doesn't necessarily have the time or budget for using a proper usability lab, but would probably benefit from some basic form of usability testing.
Has anyone tried a service such as this? If so, what pros/cons exist?
Making learnability a priority in Drupal.
Drupal is growing up, and with its maturity comes a complexity that is making it harder and harder to learn. We have initiatives that focus on making the user interfaces easier to use, but we have not been paying attention to how improvements to core have affected new contributors, and their ability to learn how to code for Drupal. This wiki is be a place where we can track and discuss how to keep Drupal coding easy to learn.
(This idea comes out of the Engineering for the 80% talk given at Drupal Camp Colorado, and the Bay Area Drupal Camp in 2011.)
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Acquia U - Client Advisor role and Drupal training | Acquia
The demand for Drupal talent is skyrocketing. Acquia is focused on hiring and training great Drupal engineers to give the world exactly what it needs: more Drupalists. Acquia U is a program designed to hire and train people who are passionate about building a career in Drupal. Acquia U combines a full-time job with training that includes six weeks of paid hands-on Drupal and supporting LAMP skills training, followed by three 6-week paid rotations with our technical teams: Engineering, Professional Services, Client Advisory.
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