Draft Uploader Design

[Daphne Ogle]

Nice work -- these look great Erin!

I'm a little concerned about taking users right to their OS file  
system from the add files button (or whatever interaction gets them to  
the Uploader).  Will they be expecting to see that screen after  
choosing add files?  What about suggesting the control be more  
explicit like "browse & add files".  Of course, this isn't part of the  
component but could be a suggestion in the design pattern.  I really  
like your idea of reducing clicks though (i.e. not making the user  
basically say I want to upload twice -- add files and then browse once  
in).  Something for us to pay attention to during user testing I guess.

-Daphne

On May 15, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Erin Yu wrote:

>>
>
> Here are my initial thoughts on the Uploader.
>
> A few things to note:
> 1. When the user clicks on the "Add files" link or button from  
> wherever they are, they will be presented with the OS file system,  
> so they can start choosing files immediately rather than getting our  
> file upload dialogue box first then clicking Upload.
> 2. When the download is done, I thought it would be nice to at least  
> flash the "Done" page before dropping them back into the previous  
> page. we can talk about this one..
> 3. The total progress is shown at the bottom
> 4. I removed the "status" column. Chopping things down ruthlessly  
> for simplicity :)
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Erin
>
> <Uploader.png>

Daphne Ogle
Senior Interaction Designer
University of California, Berkeley
Educational Technology Services
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