Comments on: Project Process (how we’re doing this) http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/ making Drupal7 an amazing user experience Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dennis Robinson http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Dennis Robinson Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:36:15 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-486 I've been working on CMS' for some time now, including Drupal. One concept I ran into during the build of a bespoke corporate CMS I really liked where there were a number of editors...is the idea that each editor had a personal work space. They called it 'page builder'. However, the interesting thing about it was that it had a 'clipboard' of work-in-progress and 'libraries' of re-usable site-wide pre-fab items (that may include content or be varied) that could be access quickly when you were creating pages. There was also permission and workflow, as you would expect. I find a lot of the time when I'm configuring Drupal I have to flip back and forth between key 'design' modules (e.g. views, blocks, panes...etc) and the relationship between these elements isn't obvious. Finally, I need to create the specific content type that an editor can choose from a long list when they want to create something. It would be nice to be able to access all the things that I need to build a 'page' or 'view' from one palette, giving editors enough tools to be able to create, design and edit (what they are allowed to) in the same place. I’ve been working on CMS’ for some time now, including Drupal.

One concept I ran into during the build of a bespoke corporate CMS I really liked where there were a number of editors…is the idea that each editor had a personal work space. They called it ‘page builder’. However, the interesting thing about it was that it had a ‘clipboard’ of work-in-progress and ‘libraries’ of re-usable site-wide pre-fab items (that may include content or be varied) that could be access quickly when you were creating pages. There was also permission and workflow, as you would expect.

I find a lot of the time when I’m configuring Drupal I have to flip back and forth between key ‘design’ modules (e.g. views, blocks, panes…etc) and the relationship between these elements isn’t obvious. Finally, I need to create the specific content type that an editor can choose from a long list when they want to create something.

It would be nice to be able to access all the things that I need to build a ‘page’ or ‘view’ from one palette, giving editors enough tools to be able to create, design and edit (what they are allowed to) in the same place.

]]> By: Leisa Reichelt http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Leisa Reichelt Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:19:18 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-329 Antoine, you can get an overview of what we are doing and the timings here: http://www.d7ux.org/crowd-source-usability-testing/ or if you've got some time this week get involved in our first round of testing which is happening now. Details are here: http://www.d7ux.org/crowdsourced-usability-testing-rnd1/ Let me know if you have any questions - look forward to seeing what you learn! Antoine, you can get an overview of what we are doing and the timings here: http://www.d7ux.org/crowd-source-usability-testing/ or if you’ve got some time this week get involved in our first round of testing which is happening now. Details are here: http://www.d7ux.org/crowdsourced-usability-testing-rnd1/

Let me know if you have any questions – look forward to seeing what you learn!

]]> By: Antoine Bonnin http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Antoine Bonnin Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:18:34 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-324 How do I get involved with the Crowdsourced Usability Testing? How do I get involved with the Crowdsourced Usability Testing?

]]> By: joe ekine http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-194 joe ekine Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:46:01 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-194 Thank you for the update on the roadmap. Thank you for the update on the roadmap.

]]> By: joshmiller http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-144 joshmiller Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:53:54 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-144 Has anyone pointed out that you are working on concepts for D7. Which means that when your work is done, we will have awesome concepts for a version of Drupal that will take months (realistically) to finish off your suggestions. So the soonest d7ux.com could be turned into a Drupal site is what... 5 months after you finish the project? How about our goal be that d8ux.com be a drupal site? Josh Has anyone pointed out that you are working on concepts for D7. Which means that when your work is done, we will have awesome concepts for a version of Drupal that will take months (realistically) to finish off your suggestions. So the soonest d7ux.com could be turned into a Drupal site is what… 5 months after you finish the project? How about our goal be that d8ux.com be a drupal site?

Josh

]]> By: disambiguity » Drupal7 UX Project - Crowdsourcing Usability Testing. Get Involved! http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-134 disambiguity » Drupal7 UX Project - Crowdsourcing Usability Testing. Get Involved! Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:28:34 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-134 [...] you took a look at our outline for the project process the other day, you’ll know that we’re taking an iterative and user centered approach to [...] [...] you took a look at our outline for the project process the other day, you’ll know that we’re taking an iterative and user centered approach to [...]

]]> By: disambiguity » Drupal7 UX - Project Process http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-133 disambiguity » Drupal7 UX - Project Process Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:20:55 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-133 [...] X-Posted from: d7ux.org/project-process/ [...] [...] X-Posted from: d7ux.org/project-process/ [...]

]]> By: Drupal 7 User Experience Project » Blog Archive » Help Test D7UX - Crowd-sourcing Usability Testing http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-124 Drupal 7 User Experience Project » Blog Archive » Help Test D7UX - Crowd-sourcing Usability Testing Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:01:36 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-124 [...] you took a look at our outline for the project process the other day, you’ll know that we’re taking an iterative and user centered approach to [...] [...] you took a look at our outline for the project process the other day, you’ll know that we’re taking an iterative and user centered approach to [...]

]]> By: Richard Sheppard http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Richard Sheppard Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:51:05 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-123 My wife has become more interested in Drupal as an end user. I would like to use her and a couple of our existing clients in usability testing. Will you be providing scripts and guidelines for this, or would you expect us to come up with our own usability tests? My understanding of usability testing comes almost solely from the 2nd edition of 'Don't make me think!', but I've yet to do any deliberate testing since reading the book about 3-5 months ago. I'd definitely like to provide something concrete and helpful. My wife has become more interested in Drupal as an end user. I would like to use her and a couple of our existing clients in usability testing.

Will you be providing scripts and guidelines for this, or would you expect us to come up with our own usability tests? My understanding of usability testing comes almost solely from the 2nd edition of ‘Don’t make me think!’, but I’ve yet to do any deliberate testing since reading the book about 3-5 months ago.

I’d definitely like to provide something concrete and helpful.

]]> By: gterez http://www.d7ux.org/project-process/comment-page-1/#comment-122 gterez Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:44:17 +0000 http://www.d7ux.org/?p=31#comment-122 Leisa & Mark, I loved your work on drupal.org, I'm looking forward to this redesign and I really want to get involved. I do have a suggestion on the process of publishing updates and requesting user participation. I'm finding it increasingly harder to follow this discussion spread on several places: this blog, Leisa's disambiguity blog, Mark's website's news section, the Flickr group and the YouTube group (not to forget the twitter streams). I think we need to have all updates in a single place, and I was expecting that *this* site would be serving this purpose. Of course you should cross-post, but I think comments should be disabled on other sites and a link to the original post here should be provided, so that we can also have all user comments for one specific topic in one place. It's already getting difficult for me to remember where something was mentioned and we're only at the beginning. I can't begin to think how difficult it will be for you to track down a single comment you'd seen somewhere and want to come back to at a later time. Leisa & Mark, I loved your work on drupal.org, I’m looking forward to this redesign and I really want to get involved. I do have a suggestion on the process of publishing updates and requesting user participation.
I’m finding it increasingly harder to follow this discussion spread on several places: this blog, Leisa’s disambiguity blog, Mark’s website’s news section, the Flickr group and the YouTube group (not to forget the twitter streams).
I think we need to have all updates in a single place, and I was expecting that *this* site would be serving this purpose. Of course you should cross-post, but I think comments should be disabled on other sites and a link to the original post here should be provided, so that we can also have all user comments for one specific topic in one place.
It’s already getting difficult for me to remember where something was mentioned and we’re only at the beginning. I can’t begin to think how difficult it will be for you to track down a single comment you’d seen somewhere and want to come back to at a later time.

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