Hello Fluid-work, & a thought on Image Reorderer

[Alison Benjamin]

Hey Daphne,

My thought about the red line & the image re-orderer (
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Reorderer+QA+Test+Plan+-+Image+Reorderer)
based on the test plan I ran through, is that it can be ambiguous whether a
target is to the left or right of the vertical line. Sorry - I wrote
horizontal line in my email to the list. Compared to the image re-orderer, I
commented that I found the target in the layout re-orderer to be unambiguous
(a big coloured target appears). But from your reply I can see the
difference between reordering a layout and reordering a set/list of images.

I didn't make any changes to the Image Re-orderer test plan but I will add
some "test to fail" situations shortly. If you want to chat about this I am
available until 3pm PST today on Skype (username: beware_podpeople) and in
the IRC room.

Thanks,
Alison Benjamin



On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Daphne Ogle <daphne at media.berkeley.edu>wrote:

> Hey Alison,
> I decided to check out the user testing results on the Image Reorderer
> component and see that testing for it actually never happened.  The protocol
> was started, although it probably needs some updating.  Not knowing what
> your schedule is like and how much testing you are doing with Justin, I'm
> wondering if doing some user testing on this component would be interesting
> to you?
>
> We never did catch up via phone.  I still think it would be great catch up.
>  Perhaps we could talk about the possibility of doing some user testing?
>  I'm in the midst of updating all the protocols now for some accessibility
> testing our colleagues at Landmark College with be doing.
>
> Let me know if you've got some time before next Friday 2/13 as I'll be out
> of the office for 2 weeks starting then.
>
> -Daphne
>
> On Feb 4, 2009, at 9:20 AM, Alison Benjamin wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> It's Alison Benjamin, I am a student volunteer with Fluid focusing on
> testing components with Justin. I am a Masters of Information student doing
> this work as a part of an Inclusive Design Lab I am taking with Steve
> Hockema at the University of Toronto. If I haven't met you in a stand-up
> meeting, in a chat, or in person, hello.
>
> Here is a thought I have about the image re-orderer.
>
> One thing I have found difficult is that when moving images with the mouse,
> it is hard to tell which target you are aiming at. I think this is because
> the target is indicated by the red horizontal line. Sometimes this makes the
> target ambiguous.
>
> I think it is more precise to have the target surrounded by a shape. For
> example on this page:
>
> http://build.fluidproject.org/fluid/sample-code/shared/portal/portal.html
>
> when you drag an element around (e.g. Bookmarks Portlet) the potential
> target locations for it are surrounded by a red dotted line and a pink
> background - I really liked that.
>
> Thanks
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> Daphne Ogle
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