improve WUI directory page according to a new user's first impressions #691

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kpreid · 2009-05-03T14:33:34Z

kpreid commented

2009-05-03 14:33:34 +00:00

I set up a Tahoe client (so I could share files with him securely) for someone who is technically knowledgeable, but does not know Tahoe's architecture. When I showed him the directory page for our shared directory, he found it uninformative, as follows:

“The Directory page should have a Title or Label that says it is Tahoe xxx” — that is, that it is a part of Tahoe.
“What is the difference between Upload a file and Attach a file - in a directory page?” — I think this could be improved by changing the wording of the Attach form to something like "Add a file already in Tahoe in this directory"
“What is Mutable?” (in the upload-a-file form)

I set up a Tahoe client (so I could share files with him securely) for someone who is technically knowledgeable, but does not know Tahoe's architecture. When I showed him the directory page for our shared directory, he found it uninformative, as follows: * “The Directory page should have a Title or Label that says it is Tahoe xxx” — that is, that it is a part of Tahoe. * “What is the difference between Upload a file and Attach a file - in a directory page?” — I think this could be improved by changing the wording of the Attach form to something like "Add a file already in Tahoe in this directory" * “What is Mutable?” (in the upload-a-file form)

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zooko commented

2009-05-05 01:02:13 +00:00

To close this ticket do the following three things:

make the Title and/or Label of the Directory page say "Tahoe xxx" to indicate that it is part of Tahoe
Change the wording of the "Attach" form to something like "Add a link into this directory pointing to a file that is already stored in Tahoe." (note: the Web user terminology of linking is superior to the operating system terminology of "putting a thing into a directory/folder" because it indicates the real structure which is made up of links, not inclusions).
Add a hyperlink with anchor text "What is this?" next to the "mutable" check-box which explains what mutable files are and how you never want to use them. Hm, maybe this also means hide the "mutable" check-box behind some sort of expert-user-mode? :-/
Kevin Reid, who opened this ticket, also subsequently contributed some patches in #692 (improve appearance of welcome and directory pages) which change the WUI, but I don't know if any of those patches fix any of these three issues.

To close this ticket do the following three things: * make the Title and/or Label of the Directory page say "Tahoe xxx" to indicate that it is part of Tahoe * Change the wording of the "Attach" form to something like "Add a link into this directory pointing to a file that is already stored in Tahoe." (note: the Web user terminology of linking is superior to the operating system terminology of "putting a thing into a directory/folder" because it indicates the real structure which is made up of links, not inclusions). * Add a hyperlink with anchor text "What is this?" next to the "mutable" check-box which explains what mutable files are and how you never want to use them. Hm, maybe this also means hide the "mutable" check-box behind some sort of expert-user-mode? :-/ Kevin Reid, who opened this ticket, also subsequently contributed some patches in #692 (improve appearance of welcome and directory pages) which change the WUI, but I don't know if any of those patches fix any of these three issues.

zooko changed title from ~~New user's first impressions of the WUI directory page~~ to improve WUI directory page according to a new user's first impressions

2009-05-05 01:02:13 +00:00

zooko commented

2009-07-03 05:13:06 +00:00

I've implemented most of this, but not yet the part about:

Add a hyperlink with anchor text "What is this?" next to the "mutable" check-box which explains what mutable files are and how you never want to use them. Hm, maybe this also means hide the "mutable" check-box behind some sort of expert-user-mode? :-/

I haven't committed it to trunk yet, but probably will before the v1.5 release.

I've implemented most of this, but not yet the part about: * Add a hyperlink with anchor text "What is this?" next to the "mutable" check-box which explains what mutable files are and how you never want to use them. Hm, maybe this also means hide the "mutable" check-box behind some sort of expert-user-mode? :-/ I haven't committed it to trunk yet, but probably will before the v1.5 release.

zooko modified the milestone from undecided to 1.5.0

2009-07-03 05:13:06 +00:00

zooko self-assigned this 2009-07-03 05:13:06 +00:00

zooko commented

2009-07-15 02:57:26 +00:00

changeset:eb5ecc931d754205 fixes "* make the Title and/or Label of the Directory page indicate that it is part of TahoeLAFS", and "* Change the wording of the 'Attach' form", but not "* Add a hyperlink with anchor text "What is this?" next to the "mutable" check-box which explains what mutable files are and how you never want to use them. Hm, maybe this also means hide the "mutable" check-box behind some sort of expert-user-mode? :-/ "