[Building Sakai] Sprint 102 greeting bar comments (was Sprint 102 is now available!)

[Alan Marks]

Bruce - thanks for the comments, which I think are very helpful - on target
and actionable.

On the "where to post comments": I agree, whenever folks need to massively
cross post, it means that the available lists aren't quite right. We're
working on re-factoring a little bit to make this better. I'll send out a
broader note, but bottom line is we've added a sakai-features list for
discussion and comments on, well, Sakai features (S2 or S3). No one is
subscribed at the moment, though.

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Bruce D'Arcus <bdarcus at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 2:07 PM, N. Matthijs <
> nicolaas.matthijs at caret.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Bruce,
>>
>> Yes, we definitely want feedback. I think it can be feedback regarding
>> the conceptual thinking behind the Sprint items, the actual implementation
>> details of the items or directions in which we could take it further.
>>
>> I think you can just send your feedback to the lists, but also make sure
>> to include the s3bl at sakaifoundation.org list as well. This is a list
>> that allows us to capture all of the feedback so we can easily get access
>> to the full list.
>>
>
> Adding s3bl to the cc list, but am not subscribed, so not sure if it'll
> bounce or not. Feels a bit to be so broadly cross-posting.
>
>
>> I personally like working with feedback that consists of short bullet
>> points, as that makes it easier to process and prioritize for the backlog,
>> but that's mostly a personal preference and not a project guideline.
>
>
> OK, a few comments on the "greeting bar" (not sure what it's called), which
> I think is a really nice addition. Note: if there was a Sprint 101 build, I
> haven't seen it.
>
>    1. The “add photo” label is vague, particularly when coupled with the
>    also vague “upload content” button (isn't a "photo" also "content"?). I
>    realize there are real estate issues, but could you either change that label
>    to “add profile photo” or "add your photo" (or maybe even remove it
>    entirely,since arguably the “edit profile” button is superset of that
>    functionality)?
>    2. This goes to core conceptual and design issues, but WRT the “Upload
>    Content” and “Share Content” buttons, exactly what is “content” in this
>    context?  Or to put it differently, what kind of status does native OAE
>    content have in this model? I ask, because my hunch is that it effectively
>    has a lower status (in the UI at least).
>    3. I find the wizard-like pop-ups beyond the top level distracting and
>    intrusive. Is some of this just overkill? Shouldn’t the interface be
>    intuitive enough that this is unnecessary? To be clear: the pop-ups work for
>    me at the main level; am just inquiring once you go beyond that (say, to add
>    your profile photo). Perhaps some user-testing could figure out the best
>    balance here in any case.
>
> Bruce
>



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