User Interface Evaluation/Workshops

First a Workshop is prepared and planned (Status: Planned). After the results are disseminated you will see the workshop here in state 'Active'. Feel free to give your feedback and comment on the results using the discussion page.

=Workshops 2008=

Adding Lists of Authors
The workshop does not need to start from scratch. After the discussion at the pilot meeting there is a first approach available here: Providing Lists of Authors.

Workspace/General
Item status Actions menu View Item Use as Template - New from template
 * Needs to be displayed in the short and medium list even if the select box shows a state - obviously the select box is not recognized by most of the participants
 * most participants regard the action menu as confusing - actions can be put to the item version view
 * delete should be separated from all other menu options to prevent deletion accidentally
 * View Item is regarded as redundant
 * The term 'new for template' caused irritations
 * Varieties for 'Use as Template': Store as Template, Mark as Template, Copy to Template
 * Varieties for 'New from template': Fetch Template Item, Copy from Item

General Application Layout
Help Tooltip List View Search View Item by State Sort Item List
 * Participants can not distinguish between help (manual) and help (context) because both are part of a menu. Menus appear to be more general.
 * The context help should be part of the H1 Header again
 * All participants wanted tooltips
 * Participants are asked for genre, but they all agreed to have a different understanding
 * Genre needs to be explained from the MPDL point of view: The expectation of all participants was that we should define what we understand by certain genres. After PubMan gives his definition of genre, they would be able to decide whether it fits their understanding
 * e.g. Article
 * It is not clear how the search is related to (workspace, general)
 * A workspace search was proposed (or should just be called 'restrict to workspace')
 * Drop down appears to be ok 2(drop down) : 1(checkbox) : 0(Radio)
 * 3 drop down (with multiselect = +CTRL)

Providing Lists of Authors (Functional Prototype Submission)

 * Add Creator List
 * Rough Import Step1: The source media where creators are pasted from might be very different. Cut & paste is only the first most simple approach. It is only feasible for well structured lists.
 * Define Structure Step2: The user should be able to choose the delimiters or even a citation format between Name, Family Name and between Creators
 * Sorting Step3: Properly detected creators should be sortable afterwards
 * To handle creator in a list was seen as a good improvement for the next version

Remark: The idea of locating creators in a map view was suggested


 * Matching Creators to Affiliations
 * The list of organizations was seen as too long to do a fas manual mapping. The mapping should happen with a preselected organization list.

Remark: A personal address book is regarded as very useful (Scientist pages)

Advanced Search
Icons (Func. Prototype: Browsing and Displays)
 * Keywords search was requested (Functional issue)
 * Proposals for various icons:
 * Add User, Cancel, Edit, Help, Info, Search, Save, Released (Traffic Light Metaphor is already applied): All Participants agreed (3)
 * Upload, Pending, Submitted: Most Participants agreed (2)
 * Add File, Add Organization, Remove, ListView, Under Rework: Participants did not agree (1)
 * Add Source, Add Title, Withdrawn: Need to be replaced

Methodology


 * The work with an empty paper, glue and predefined components is quite challenging and slow. For further workshop a prototype screen shot is provided to work with
 * Cut & paste is optional
 * Questionnaire can be done with simple web forms or pdf forms

Add-On* Poster or PDF File

Easy Submission, Advanced Search and Export
=Workshops 2007=

Summary of Workshop Results
Initially the workshop for the short list view was not ment to deliver very much valid results, but when I put the pages from the whiteboard some things were striking. So I counted them for you: Some participants tried to do a more sophisticated layout - which might mean that they do not like monotonous listings (just guessing). Thanks for participating!
 * 1) Creators are mostly on the first position (18/23 Participants)
 * 2) Title is mostly used as the second field (15/23 Participants)
 * 3) File/Fulltext seems to have an outstanding position because it was placed differently on exposed positions or apart from the list (down, right, top)
 * 4) Most participants prefer a vertical alignment of labels and fields (16/23)

Rupert 15:18, 9 January 2008 (CET)