On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 5:59 AM, Shiju Alex shijualexonline@gmail.com wrote:
Usability issue with the form:
Why the entire form gets reset if one of the entry is missing/wrong? It is really pain to type the entire content again and again. (For example, I missed to select payment method, I end up in typing the entire content again.)
Good point—this was overlooked because some browsers (namely, mine) automatically repopulate those fields even if the page doesn't. I've added this functionality and am testing now to make sure it works before I update the live site.
I am not sure whether usability test is done for this site/web page.
A proper usability study, like the one done for Wikipedia, would take more time and resources than were used to create the site in the first place. It basically falls to the best judgment of the designers (okay, me), with the advice of others involved in organizing this conference, experienced Wikimanians I asked for advice and testing, and people like you who notice things nobody else did before we put it online.
Thanks for pointing this out, and if anyone else has any suggestions or criticism, please feel to send them to me either on-list or off-list.
Austin