[drupal-docs] Usability experiment for Drupaldocumentation-pleasereview

[Anisa]

Looks pretty funny in IE too...

Anisa.

Ron Mahon wrote:

>Thanks Kieran
>I was not aware of some of them. Although W/O is a old technology (I used
>for over 25 years) and doesn't have a big roll in the object world. My
>biggest success with it was not on the technical side.
>
>It was very effective in commutating ideas and structure between end users
>and the design group. I taught it to a group of managers so they could
>commutate there needs to me and the It department. They went on to use it
>for every thing imaginable, marketing campaigns, construction, etc. The IT
>departments. hated it?
>
>IMHO this is sort of the problem here. We have such a diverse group with so
>many semantic and cultural differences. That some times I feel that were
>saying the same thing and not knowing it. 
>
>Maybe a UN approach is a good solution.(teach every body a new language)
>  
>I have found a new version of the program with exports to xml, http: in
>addition is inter active. 
>
>I found it very helpful to be able to look at the whole picture. I was able
>to reduce the number of books in the proposed layout.
>
>The display is broken in Firefox so you'll have to suffer with IE. You can
>find it at
>http://tech-mall.com/design/drupal-docs.html
>
>Click on the "+" to expand The "-" to contract
>
>With apologies to Anisa for not following the style guide. Must mean I can't
>do two thing at once.
>
>I was not concerned with the data only the structure. 
>I put some data in as a guide or example. 
>
>When every one agrees with the structure. And we get the results for the
>card deck sort I will put in the data.
>
>Feedback please.
> 
>Best regards
>Ron
>
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kieran Lal [mailto:kieran at civicspacelabs.org] 
>Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 4:06 PM
>To: drupal-docs at drupal.org
>Subject: Re: [drupal-docs] Usability experiment for
>Drupaldocumentation-pleasereview
>
>Ron,
>	that looks great.  Hopefully, the feedback from the experiment will
>help provide some insight into how people think the documentation should be
>organized and we can respond accordingly.
>
>There are a number of tools that are used to visually explain information
>architecture.  If someone wanted to help make it look even better you can
>get tools here: http://iabook.com/template.htm
>
>Cheers,
>Kieran
>
>On Apr 28, 2005, at 12:54 PM, Ron Mahon wrote:
>
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>>I agree with most of what's being proposed but nothing beats action. 
>>It also
>>points out the flaws in design. I will have more to say about this 
>>shortly.
>>
>>In the mean time I have reverted to a old structured design mythology. 
>>This
>>will Allow us to look at the structure of the documents with out 
>>worrying about how and what. It will also show us the depth. And 
>>whether it is possible to meat the depth requirements.
>>
>>The layout look is here http://tech-mall.com/drupal/?q=drupal-docs at 
>>the test site.
>>You can right click on the screen shots and steal them.
>>
>>Ron
>>
>>PS:I have not included all the features of this tool, because it did 
>>not seam necessary.
>>Should any one be interested you can read more about it here 
>>http://www.kenorrinst.com/wo1.html
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kieran Lal [mailto:kieran at civicspacelabs.org]
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:23 PM
>>To: drupal-docs at drupal.org
>>Subject: [drupal-docs] Usability experiment for Drupal 
>>documentation-pleasereview
>>
>>Hi, the usability experiment I will be conducting will help us to 
>>identify how users think the documentation should be grouped.
>>
>>You can see the experiment here:
>>http://www.websort.net/dev/sort.php?studyname=drupaldocumentation.
>>Sign in with the name test if you want to check it out.
>>
>>The latest thread has us down to 5 categories:
>>-Getting Started and Using a Drupal Website -Administering a Drupal 
>>Website -Developing for Drupal -About Drupal -About the Handbook I am 
>>going to suggest we add the Wiki as a major documentation group based 
>>on feedback from the survey.
>>
>>I have a list of 61 items which I believe is too long, but is based on 
>>feedback that I have gotten in two rounds of user interviews and mining
>>the drupal-docs list.   I would appreciate it if someone would help
>>review it to narrow the number of items they think are redundant, but 
>>still reflect the needs of users.  If the experiment is good for users 
>>then I will launch it.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Kieran
>>
>>List of document instances to be sorted.
>>
>>Event tutorial
>>General info
>>Drupal Distribution comparison chart
>>system-level docs
>>system level tasks needed to install
>>System Requirements
>>Installation Process
>>Installation best practices
>>Core vs contributed applications/modules How to install a contributed 
>>module How to upgrade Drupal core.
>>How to upgrade Drupal with modules and themes.
>>How to back up a site
>>How to restore a site
>>How to move a site
>>What settings are where
>>Initial configuration
>>Advanced configuration
>>Blocks
>>What are the core applications?
>>What do the core applications do?
>>Configuring core applications
>>Installing new applications
>>Description of contributed applications Core theme documentation 
>>Explanation on theme engines Installing a new theme How a theme 
>>affects your site Making a new theme Trouble shooting guide Trouble 
>>shooting FAQ Development on Drupal Learning how Drupal is put 
>>together?
>>How to make blocks
>>How to make modules
>>How to make themes
>>Translator
>>Marketing
>>User Experience, usability, user testing Security Performance Testing 
>>Drupal core concepts Drupal walkthroughs Theme developers guide 
>>Handbook for using
>>application(module) Common tasks Beginner tutorials Data relationship 
>>diagram Step by step page view generation Module dev troubleshooting 
>>guide Theme tutorial Architecture overview Walkthrough of example 
>>sites Flash tutorials Taxonomy tutorial Translator guide Advanced 
>>module development tutorial Guide to combining modules What can I do 
>>with Drupal?
>>How does Drupal work?
>>
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