Tackling UX design challenges
We're kicking off weekly meetings in IRC:
- Tuesdays, 21:00/9pm CET (convert to other timezone)
- Wednesdays, 09:00/9am CET (convert to other timezone)
Taking inventory of who, what & how:
People
Designers and developers of all kinds, project managers, copywriters, testers, researchers, none/all of the above: leave a comment saying how you'd like to contribute (and any of the roadblocks you encounter in trying to do so).
Priorities
See https://www.drupal.org/node/2497361 for a list of usability issues identified in Drupal 8.
- Where can we start?
- Is there a useful sequence to work through?
- How do we decide on that?
Process
Core issue about possible process for big UX changes: https://www.drupal.org/node/2573119
On a more ongoing basis: figure out how to keep aligned on current work and next steps.
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Drupal 8 Content Experience: Accessibility Findings
Drupal 8 Content Experience: Accessibility Findings
Goal
To conduct accessibility evaluation of Drupal 8 focussed on the content authoring experience (create content and edit content)
Methodology
The study was conducted in July 2013 in two phases:
Phase 1: Evaluation with volunteer Drupal users with accessibility needs. The participants were given the testing script with scenario and were asked to report their feedback
Phase 2: Conduct 3-participant moderated usability study consistent with the testing script (mentioned above).
Drupal UX BoF at Capital Camp 2013: Notes
Drupal UX BoF at CapitalCamp 2013
Attendee positives:
- Drupal is getting better for marketers, content editors
- Inline editing is great!
- Style guide is good.
Attendee pain points:
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Disabling the Google Translate "better translation" popup
I am working on a site in Portuguese and using Google Translate since I don't know Portuguese.
The problem is the annoying popup that appears when hovering over a link in the Admin Menu bar that covers the menu.
I found and posted a solution here http://productforums.google.com/d/msg/chrome/8oA_K-KpcqA/AKjfNu2XU4EJ using the Adblock Plus extension for Chrome with a custom filter that blocks the popup
The custom filter is "##div#goog-gt-tt"
Hope this helps
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UX happy hour, July 8: Testing, testing
Another weekly checkin about what's up in Drupal UX. Join us in IRC.
Topics:
- We'll have made some progress on the admin IA study plan
- Improve Drupal 8 user interface texts
Anything you would like to discuss? Let us know in the comments!
Read moreImprove Drupal 8 user interface texts
With APIs as good as frozen, it's time to take a step back and get an idea of what's all been added to Drupal core. The capabilities are there, now to expose and communicate them so that people understand what's going on and apply it to what they want to achieve.
To most people the user interface is the application. All the machinery under the hood is taken for granted. It's easy to lose sight of this, but very important to keep in mind.
Read moreUX happy hour, July 1: frozen!
Join us in IRC to review last weeks work and plan for what to do next.
With the Drupal 8 APIs (as good as) frozen, it's now time to clean up and clear up. Many new capabilities landed in core, now to shape the user interface in ways that help people understand and use them.
Read moreComparative Multilingual Content Edit Experience Usability Study Findings
Comparative Multilingual Content Edit Experience Study
Focus of the study: To get answers to the following high-level questions:
- How do users current translate content on Drupal?
- How do users translate content on current Drupal 8 and current Spark translation feature?
- Which version do the users prefer? Why?
Number of participants: 3 (Acquia Internal), 3 (Partners/ Customers)
Participant profile:
- Participants who create/ translate multilingual content or have a need to do so in the near future
- Participants have not used the current Drupal 8 and Spark translation feature
Study Date: June 25-26, 2013
Recruitment: Participants were recruited through internal e-mail and Acquia Sales contacts
Compensation: No compensation was provided to the users
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Drupal 8 Toolbar and Admin Information Architecture research study: your input needed!
I plan to run a Drupal 8 Toolbar and Admin Information Architecture research study, to inform any improvements to the current Drupal 8 admin IA. The target participant is a site builder and/or heavy content creator.
But first, what questions do you (or people you work with) want to know about the current IA? How people are using? When they are using? From what devices? Etc etc.
Put all your questions you'd like to answered by this study in the comments below. If there are duplicate questions, great! That will help inform priorities.
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