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Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730438]

Mon, 25 April 2016 19:26

Ekaterina Mitova

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This thread is meant to gather the issues from UX testing initiatives. It combines these three aspects:
* Dirigible website improvements
* Documentation
* Usability of the Dirigible Web IDE and platform as a whole

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730439 is a reply to message #1730438]

Mon, 25 April 2016 19:27

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible Website: remove the social media bar from the Dirigible picture on the landing page. On the bottom of the page remove "Contact Dirigible" section and put it on the menu above. Remove some of the social media sites.
Divide Community section in the menu to Community and Contacts.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730440 is a reply to message #1730438]

Mon, 25 April 2016 19:27

Ekaterina Mitova

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Add a Getting Started Page that contains:
* a short video of what is Dirigible and what is it for;
* a page with description about the different Dirigible options and how to start using them. It should be scenario oriented.
* a simple how-to guide to show how to use Dirigible
* a more complex end-to-end scenario

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730441 is a reply to message #1730438]

Mon, 25 April 2016 19:28

Ekaterina Mitova

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Documentation: Fix the current and the future content of the Getting Started page, it is not clear how many options are there and what they are suitable for.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730442 is a reply to message #1730438]

Mon, 25 April 2016 19:28

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible website: Rename the "Instant Trial" section to "Try Dirigible Out" or "Quick Start". It should lead directly to the Dirigible Web IDE. The user that comes for the first time on the Website does not need all the information listed in several consecutive pages. What happens now is that on the third page, the user has already forgotten that he or she wants to try out the product.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730443 is a reply to message #1730438]

Mon, 25 April 2016 19:31

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible website landing page: Remove News and Blogs and move them somewhere in the menu.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730464 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 05:26

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible website: rename Project and Features pages into a new About page, integrate inside all the content, and when you have More Info, show it under every tile. Currently, when you choose More Info, different things happen: it redirects you to a new page, to the documentation, or just below the same page.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730465 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 05:29

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible website: align the Dirigible pictures on the landing page and on the other pages. These pictures are different sizes now.
Insert a path showing the exact page or location you are on the website.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730466 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 05:31

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible website: change the look and feel of the documentation part so that it does not look completely different.

Mask somehow the URLs, it is confusing for the users the 4 or 5 different URL addresses they are passing through.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730509 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 13:07

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible website: remove this page: http://dirigible.eclipse.org/services/ui/index.html#/home

It doesn't give any valuable information to the user. It's better to incorporate its content inside the website, and to point the user directly to the Web IDE without providing any additional options at this point.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730511 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 13:13

Ekaterina Mitova

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The buttons on the landing page "Get Started" and "Instant Trial" can be replaced by a video icon pointing to a short marketing video like this one for splash: https://youtu.be/qFDBsuJrGC0

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730515 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 13:18

Ekaterina Mitova

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Quick Start Dirigible: instead of the instant trial and pointing directly to the Web IDE.
Remove the login screen as it is confusing for the user. It says the user would stay anonymous and yet a username should be provided, without any password. Nowadays you can't find any login screen that requires only username.
Instead, we can remove the login screen entirely and replace it by an info screen saying the user will be logged on as test user #1. If the trial is just for demo purposes it should be OK. If the user really wants to work on Dirigible, he or she should register.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730518 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 13:22

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible and documentation: When launching Dirigible, users don't expect the wizard for the sample book application and they are eager to close it without even reading it. It provides a bit more technical information without explaining the overall scenario.
This wizard has to be moved in the getting started documentation part, as a video and as pictures and should include more overall information.
You should be able to launch it from the Dirigible Web IDE as well, but, for example in the Help menu. Currently its place is a bit strange, in the New menu.

In the sample application there should be an initial data, for example, 5 books should already be listed.

[Updated on: Tue, 26 April 2016 13:36]

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730523 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 13:37

Ekaterina Mitova

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Add "Home" in the menu above. For some people it's hard to find out where the Home button is.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730524 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 13:40

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: it's a good idea to put a short video when the Web IDE is launched that shows some of the options that are different from other similar tools. For example:

How can you dynamically show the changes in the UI in the Preview tab.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730526 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 13:43

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: the different perspectives are hidden behind "Other" button. There should be listed all the basic perspectives such as Databases and they should be more visible. At the end of the list all remaining perspectives should be gathered in "Other Perspectives" button.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730527 is a reply to message #1730438]

Tue, 26 April 2016 13:44

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: for all the tabs users need "Close All" and "Close All But This" options.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730598 is a reply to message #1730438]

Wed, 27 April 2016 04:56

Ekaterina Mitova

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Accessibility: on the login screen, the text that explains what should be entered as a username is not in the focus of the reading program, and therefore people with accessibility issues can't read the text.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730599 is a reply to message #1730438]

Wed, 27 April 2016 04:58

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: rename Database Browser, it's too confusing for the users.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730600 is a reply to message #1730438]

Wed, 27 April 2016 05:00

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: display the UI Preview in the upper side of the screen, and move the source code below. Currently it's the other way round.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730607 is a reply to message #1730438]

Wed, 27 April 2016 05:56

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: the .js files need some time to be loaded, and in the meantime the field where the code should appear, becomes black. This shouldn't happen.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730608 is a reply to message #1730438]

Wed, 27 April 2016 05:59

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: Structure the project in a more logical way, high-level separation such as Persistency, Services, etc. Currently only the UI part is well-separated.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730610 is a reply to message #1730438]

Wed, 27 April 2016 06:13

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: change the Web IDE theme so that it contains some contrast. Currently it's difficult to find different UI controls and functionality.

And it's difficult to read the logs in the Log Console because of the lack of colors and contrast.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730611 is a reply to message #1730438]

Wed, 27 April 2016 06:18

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: when an error appears, it should be clear, and readable. Currently these errors are not user-oriented and well-written.

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Re: Dirigible Testing Lab [message #1730612 is a reply to message #1730438]

Wed, 27 April 2016 06:19

Ekaterina Mitova

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Dirigible: the icons in the different Dirigible browser tabs are the same and it's hard to distinguish between the Web IDE, the Dirigible website, the help, and etc.

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