[drupal-docs] Usability experimentfor Drupaldocumentation-pleasereview

Sun May 1 02:28:22 UTC 2005

^.^;;

Wish I had time to make you a screen shot.  It's all black and white, I 
see a lot of boxes (like there are several boxes between 'About' and 
'Drupal') .  I don't know how it's supposed to look... there's 1,n in it 
a few times.

Sorry, can't explain more than that!  Gotta catch a train.  :)

Anisa.

Ron Mahon wrote:

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> From: Anisa [mailto:mystavash at animecards.org]
> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:06 AM
> To: drupal-docs at drupal.org
> Subject: Re: [drupal-docs] Usability experimentfor 
> Drupaldocumentation-pleasereview
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> 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
>>
>>InterNet Marketing Resource Center
>>A Free Super Mart of Articles, Demos, Tutorials everything you need to
>>Succeed on the net.
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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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