[drupal-devel] Results of the documentation usability survey and experiment
Results of the survey: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2248J7XSE9C Users of documentation: -69% site admins -46% site users Situation when using documentation: -Troubleshooting a problem- 54% -Administering a Drupal application -52% -Administering Drupal-49% -Learn about Drupal-48% Documentation needs -Drupal application documentation-71% -Drupal administration documentation -65% -An answer to your problem-58% Decision criteria for using the documentation again -Read the documentation-68% -Found answer to problem last time-59% Usability experiment: card sorting http://www.websort.net/display/?study=drupaldocumentation The first red cluster is the About Drupal handbook The first blue cluster is the Installation and upgrading handbook The next red cluster is the Configuration and customization handbook The last blue cluster is the Developing for Drupal handbook The results indicate that we can meet the diverse documentation needs with the handbooks we have selected. We will use the results to help design the subsections in the book so that they are easy to find. Actions by the docs team -Creating a documentation block which meets your situation, needs, and decision criteria when using the documentation. -Created handbooks and have begun transferring content. http:// drupal.org/handbook/v2 -Created configuration and customization handbook pages for 60 applications(modules) including core. http://drupal.org/handbook/config -Recruiting volunteers for an application documentation sprint to ensure basic documentation and links are available for 60 modules. See follow up email. Join the Docs team: http://lists.drupal.org/listinfo/drupal-docs
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Kieran Lal