Comments on: Drupal.org redesign – help usability test Iteration 6 next week!

By: Christoph Weber

Christoph Weber — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:26:35 +0000

Good points Josh. However, Adrius’ comment demonstrates the need to keep things extremely clear. I expect usability interviews will clearly establish that.

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:19:32 +0000

@Adrius -
I disagree. It should be much easier for “Beginners” to get started given the visual weight they are giving the documentation and the intellectual weight they have given the content on the download page. You raise a good point, though, we need to have “supported platforms” information.

I personally have never used Linux to do anything on Drupal.

By: Adrius42

Adrius42 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:47:41 +0000

Just quickly visited, You assume a lot. For example you assume that folks will know What Platforms is Drupal supported on?
I thus assume that you don’t want folks who are not deep into Linux and have deep coding skills. This site is for developers only, right?

By: Christoph Weber

Christoph Weber — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 05:18:34 +0000

This is getting more beautiful and more useful with every iteration. The final product will shine!

One thing struck me in the header section (also pointed out by Dmitri): Secondary menu links get a nice green underlay when moused over, primary menu links go slightly darker without underlay, and to top it off the Logout and Dashboard links are underlined. Seems inconsistent and distracting. Personally, I prefer the green underlay. Different font sizes are good, although colors could be more unified.

Too bad themes are buried near the bottom of the Download & Extend page. However, the tabs redeem this somewhat, provided a user knows what a theme is. My usability testing will show more…

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:38:24 +0000

Sorry for the second comment post…

More feedback:

The Module detail page has a “is this review helpful” feature, I was hoping that the simple smiles would be better designed. At least a thumbs up/down would be a little easier to understand.

At least one inline graphic (top right) for the module detail page would help, since some of the descriptions go on and on for 3 or 4 screens.

Still on the Module Detail Page… I wish a “Try a Demo” link would have at least the same visual weight as the “Join Group” — since finding the right module is generally more important to more people than contributing.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:30:28 +0000

Well, hot damn that is a pretty site! I can’t wait until this thing is pushed live.

The new dashboard? SWEET. FREAKIN’ FACEBOOK SWEET.

Note that the page title of “Iteration 6″ reads “Iteration 5″

Since some of the tabs are clickable, wouldn’t it make sense that one of the modules listed should be clickable to see the module detail page?

Seriously, this is amazing stuff. I’m in awe. It’s as if the awesomeness of Drupal’s engineered programming architecture has been translated into the best layout and community oriented site that it could be.

By: Dmitri Gaskin

Dmitri Gaskin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:38:45 +0000

Lastly – sorry for the multitude of comments, but I think there should be a unified color for the sidebars – right now, we have green and grey – can we decide on one?

By: Dmitri Gaskin

Dmitri Gaskin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:37:23 +0000

Two more comments – first of all, I don’t like how there are three rows of navigation in the header – they are all different sizes, different colors, and highlight in different ways. Also, for the top one, the name looks sort of like a link, especially when it’s next to two other links.

By: Dmitri Gaskin

Dmitri Gaskin — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:35:02 +0000

A quick comment – the font on the CTAs looks really strange

By: leisa.reichelt

leisa.reichelt — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:38:16 +0000

not at all. i bet you’re not the first nor the last – clicking on a link rather than reading is a pretty standard response! :)