Hi all!
The Wikipedia Usability Initiative conducted an evaluative study of our progress thus far in mid-October. Highlights are posted to the blog here: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/11/18/ux-usability-study-take-two/ and if you really want the skinny, the full report is here: http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability,_Experience,_and_Progress_Stud...;
full videos (all 8 hours of the lab interview action) are forthcoming.
Great quotes: "It was easy, I wouldn't have thought it would be that easy" "Websites don't have common sense, but programmers do!" "I feel more empowered now."
And things we've heard before (though this time around, at least they were more contained to tools and features we haven't changed yet): "This is where I'd give up" "That's a lot of html that makes my eyes dance all over the screen" "I don't know what that means, but maybe it will tell me" (it didn't)
We'd love to hear any thoughts, comments, and feedback you have!
Sense and Simplicity, Parul + the Usability Initiative Team
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Parul Vora pvora@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all!
The Wikipedia Usability Initiative conducted an evaluative study of our progress thus far in mid-October. Highlights are posted to the blog here: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/11/18/ux-usability-study-take-two/ and if you really want the skinny, the full report is here: http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability,_Experience,_and_Progress_Stud...;
Great stuff. It's always fascinating to see how ordinary users really work. Of course users think the "save" button is what they should push while working on a page, before they're ready to finally commit it...
Oh, and enjoyed this understatement:
terms like “transcluded” are new to most users
I eventually stopped using the new interface because it didn't really have any benefits for power users (and the lack of a #REDIRECT toolbar button got annoying), and it was incompatible wih Popups. Looks like the newer gui's are making a big difference to novices though.
(Can't wait until the TOC in edit mode is live: http://prototype.wikimedia.org/s-5/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=edit )
Steve
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 12:17 AM, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
(Can't wait until the TOC in edit mode is live: http://prototype.wikimedia.org/s-5/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=edit )
Steve
It already is.
Go to "Enable navigable table of contents" in the "editing" tab of your user-preferences. It's the checkbox at the very bottom - next to the other "experimental features".
Best, -Liam [[witty lama]]
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Liam Wyatt liamwyatt@gmail.com wrote:
Go to "Enable navigable table of contents" in the "editing" tab of your user-preferences. It's the checkbox at the very bottom - next to the other "experimental features".
Yay.
Steve