D7UXshow & tell

drupal webjam utrechtjune 09

who am I & what am I doing here?

Leisa Reichelt: user experience designer

Mark Boulton: web designermarkboultondesign.com

design web experiences based on defining user audiences & their needs

why do we need to do this?

d7ux

a lot of people are really scared of Drupal

a tangent i’d love to talk more about...

our process

research

designtest/research

design

test/research

DrupalconDC

pimp your admin

interviews

audience definition

crowdsourcing usability testing

flickr group

youtube group

surveyspost sketches&

ideas for feedback

d7ux.org

irc

design

design principles

ref: d7ux.org

who is D7UX for?

verity:

jeremy:

the content creator

web savvy non-dev

drupal developersdx:

plus benefits to & not intruding on

what we hoped...

a sitebuilder for ‘Jeremy’

the reality

achievable improvements

- refocus the interface on the people who use it most

- rework the information architecture to support this (+ scalability + enhanced usability)

- simplify the interface by focusing on the 80% use case

- updated visual design (friendly, professional, current)

- maintain focus on accessibility

- remove ambiguity re: ‘where am I?’ admin/website without removing context ‘what am I working on’

- an interface to be proud of.

- reduce support & customisation overheads

show & tell

the headerglobal navigation

role based shortcuts roll up

the dashboard.. coming soon!(widgets currently being designed in microprojects)

add content

add content ‘meta’

find content

edit in place ‘meta’

edit in place (node body text)

edit in place (node body text)

system designproper & consistent use of tabs

interaction patterns

- eliminate clutter

- plain english

structure:

content types

menus

blockstaxonomy

modules & config:infrequently used functionality

by task & by module

site configuration

modules: install/update/permissions/config

consolidate other ‘config’: - Roles, Content Settings etc.- remove from ‘frequently used’ interfaces

our current challenges...

lots to do little time:UX Sprint this weekend (yay!)

Microprojects

getting it built:

resourcesgetting design through the issue queue

help! :)your time

your support/enthusiasm

we <3 #drupal-usability

special shout outs to Yoroy, Catch, & Bojhan

thank you :)

@leisa

@drupalredesign

www.disambiguity.com

www.d7ux.org

www.designintheopen.org