Re: [xbiblio-devel] style editor ideas, metrics

[Bruce D'A. <bd...@gm...>]

Hey - I never got any feedback on this (kind of important). Full thread at:

<http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=AANLkTilJsaK1wmIwgRrK-nJ0Tc1eMd0CSdhHyeqk1g8V%40mail.gmail.com&forum_name=xbiblio-devel>

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Bruce D'Arcus <bd...@gm...> wrote:
> So was thinking yesterday about an idea, which I explain in a comment
> on this ticket:
>
> <http://bitbucket.org/csledit/csl-wysiwyg-editor/issue/1/provide-beginner-expert-interface>
>
> In particular, could we agree on some metrics (and related
> requirements) for how we might actually test whether an approach is
> more or less "user-friendly"? I think this is important to avoid
> biases intruding on the design process (put bluntly, each of us has a
> different idea of what will be more intuitive; best not to rely on
> vague criteria to determine who is right).
>
> What I suggest in the above link is how many clicks and how much time
> it takes for a user to do two overall operations:
>
> 1) create a dependent style
> 2) create a standalone style
>
> For this to work, we'd need to standardize the styles in each case,
> and probably make sure the users understand what they need upfront.
>
> On requirements, do we agree it's important that this interface not
> only be used to create new styles, but also to edit existing ones?
> E.g. Jane Doe creates a new journal style that is a dependent style.
> John Smith comes along and notes (say in a comment for the style) that
> it omits one key detail. It should be possible for an editor to
> quickly identify the problem and fix it (which may mean in this case
> converting a dependent style into a non-dependent style). Right?
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Bruce
>