Thanks for the replies.
> Another thought: I searched for the attachment
icon. I found it, but I
am
> not sure that it would be easy to find for all
users. I might be
> subjective, thought, because I upload a lot of screenshots and mileage
may
vary for other
users.
Maybe you and me are getting old? ;) Note that, strictly speaking, users
are not "attaching" (clip metaphore) but uploading a file that can be used
anywhere and linking it to the description / comment, all at once. The
tooltip says "Upload File" and you see an "up" arrow in a cloud. This
is
in
fact a character from Awesome Font, so if you find a
better alternative at
https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/ we can propose it
upstream.
Sorry for being unclear.
I meant not so much the appearance of the icon, but the fact that it is so
small and that it appears on a toolbar with quite a lot of other small
icons. If a user knows that such an icon is supposed to be there, it's
possible that the user will find it, but a new user may need a separate
explanation.
--
Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-08-27 19:19 GMT+03:00 Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
> Hi,
>
> On Wednesday, August 27, 2014, Amir E. Aharoni <
> amir.aharoni(a)mail.huji.ac.il>
> wrote:
>
> > Thoughts along the way:
> >
> > == One ==
> >
> > >
http://fab.wmflabs.org/maniphest/task/create/ (imagine that the
> "Points"
> > field is not there).
> >
> > What if I don't have this link?
> >
>
> We still have to define the content of the homepage, so there. More about
> the content of the soon-to-become homepage at
http://fab.wmflabs.org/T12
>
> See also
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Phabricator/Help#Creating_a_task
>
>
> I tried click the + at the top of the screen. This gave me a menu that
> says:
> > Create New:
> > Maniphest Task
> > Pholio Mock
> > Paste
> >
>
> Now it says
>
> Create New:
> Task
> Mockup
> Paste
>
>
> > (Come to think of it, I guess that Paste is kinda like Pastebin,
> > but that's because I'm a developer.)
> >
>
> Also like Copy&Paste, a term most users landing in that page will be
> familiar with. But anyway, if you clicked that button because you wanted to
> create a task, "Create New: Task" is a clear choice now.
>
>
> > *However*, since it is so similar to email, it's all the more confusing
> > when you get to the details. In email, the usual order of fields is....
>
>
> But this is not an email interface. It is a task creation interface. If you
> want to create a task, "Title" is a clear concept, "CC" is
probably clear
> as well (and if not, leaving it empty is just fine), the fact that tasks
> are classified into "Projects" is a familiar concept too (and if not, you
> can also leave it blank), and "Description" doesn't need any
explanation.
>
>
>
> > you must
> > take into account that lots of people don't bother reading field labels
> and
> > get very confused.
> >
>
> Only Title and Description accept free text, so getting it wrong is
> actually somewhat difficult. :) I think this is quite of a low barrier for
> any English speaking user of MediaWiki of Wikimedia sites. Even the
> "English speaking" part can be improved in the future (but I'm
digressing
> here).
>
>
> == Three ==
> > I tried typing "MediaWiki" in projects and got an auto-completion with
an
> > umbrella icon. "Why umbrella?", I thought. And then I got it :)
> >
>
> Good! :)
>
> The list of projects we have currently in
fab.wmflabs.org is quite random
> (i.e. you were lucky to find a "MediaWiki" project, created just for
> testing purposes long time ago). By Day 1 we will have a full list of real
> projects, type-ahead should offer sensible results, and icons of projects
> will follow a consistent guideline.
>
>
> > == Four ==
> > Another thought: I searched for the attachment icon. I found it, but I am
> not sure that it would be easy to find for all
users. I might be
> subjective, thought, because I upload a lot of screenshots and mileage
>
may
> > vary for other users.
> >
>
> Maybe you and me are getting old? ;) Note that, strictly speaking, users
> are not "attaching" (clip metaphore) but uploading a file that can be used
> anywhere and linking it to the description / comment, all at once. The
> tooltip says "Upload File" and you see an "up" arrow in a cloud.
This is in
fact a character from Awesome Font, so if you find a
better alternative at
https://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/ we can propose it
upstream.
>
>
> --
> Quim Gil
> Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation
>
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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