Last updated by DavidMorris on Sun, 2015-10-11 02:53
This is a HOT page, hot topics. Please edit and add topics.
Eigentor & I prepared this after chatting with Bojhan and Yoroy. All are invited to submit suggestions.
Drupal 7 is at a critical stage and requires user testing. This page is to help prepare a demo-site to make it easy for new user-testers to join in, and make a significant contribution to Drupal development. This will ensure that pivotal patches get the user testing they need, and that we don't trod old ground and waste time.
There are several events coming up, camps & meet-ups where participants would be able to sit down and run several user tests.
We want to make it easier for people to participate.
Problem:
- New contributors to the Drupal Usability effort may not know "where the action is"
- An install of Drupal 7 won't have appropriate patches applied to it
- Errors with only one user do not display a pattern; we need multiple occurrences of the same error
- Patches which need to be tested might already be out of date (the drop is always moving)
Solution:
- To identify patches which represent changes since the last d7UX tests done in Baltimore.
- These patches can then be applied to a demo site which incorporate changes and can be crowd-source tested.
- Hot patches need to be tested an updated.
How to:
- Run latest Drupal 7, apply these HOT patches listed below
- Conduct Crowdsourced Usability testing as proposed by Leisa, and described in detail here: http://rufzeichen-online.de/category/news/planet-drupal-english
- Bojhan and Yoroy are working on an updated test-plan and script to follow. Coming Soon!
Hot Patches!
Shortcut bar (Admin header/Overlay)
http://drupal.org/node/517688
isn't this the overlay?
D7UX: Implement customizable shortcuts for the toolbar
http://drupal.org/node/511286
Edit links everywhere
http://drupal.org/node/473268 => D7UX: Put edit links on everything => Drupal, theme system, critical, needs review, 89 comments, 19 IRC mentions
Textfield to slider behavior
http://drupal.org/node/565312
Usability: Improve help text in block.module
http://drupal.org/node/340535
"Show on all pages" - block specific settings
http://drupal.org/node/514256
Submit & Save buttons light grey, not noticeable
http://drupal.org/node/573138
D7UX toolbar: Usability in narrow viewports
http://drupal.org/node/515334
Other patches
Menu name = node title upon node edit through user interface
http://drupal.org/node/410464
Video of latest patch for this: http://vimeo.com/6557401
New field type for profile: taxonomy
http://drupal.org/node/19014
Dashboard Module
http://drupal.org/node/544360#comment-2024234
"Save draft" Button
http://drupal.org/node/282122
This does not even have a patch - but is to be watched closely, since it changes publishing workflow quite a bit.
Use Seven theme for installation/upgrade
http://drupal.org/node/547068
Made a video of this difference: http://vimeo.com/6561926
If you want to test installation with someone, the reactions to the changed looks would be interesting. This is in the google repository version.
Add colouring and description to password checker
http://drupal.org/node/331893#comment-2024938
See video of the current patch: http://vimeo.com/6546877
Config and modules page
http://drupal.org/node/508458
Add UI text to make date format choices less ambiguous
http://drupal.org/node/279570
- this is being mooted by a major change to date localisation.
Committed
Wow, the drop really is always moving. Since this list was made a few patches have already gotten committed. But we may want to pay attention to usability issues arising out of their inclusion.
Position of teaser field above main text field in Node form.
http://drupal.org/node/513414
User-Test Position of Teaser field above main text field in node form
[This patch has been committed as of 11 Sept]
Improve taxonomy help text for vocabularies (duplicate)
http://drupal.org/node/31394 (this was turned into duplicate issue after 'remove wall of text' http://drupal.org/node/570440 )
Join!
Add hot patches to this list, run tests on the patches or sign up to take part in this effort. You need a minimum of 15 minutes with a user, screen recording software, a good mic, and some time to write up your findings.