Usability, Experience, and Evaluation Study/Notes/Nicholas

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Parul's Notes

  • doesn't see toolbar
  • comments (like reddit) as reputation

Nimish's and Hannes's Notes

Contributes reviews

NTOC:

  • "under the 'hide contents'"
  • -> maybe the label should be 'contents (hide)'?
  • understands ntoc immediatly

Insert External Link

  • tries ref sources (at the bottom of the page)
  • guide: "scroll up, see the toolbar?" toolbar doesn t attract Nicholas


Assumes the "select text" functionality

Looks up external page to a wiki page

Internal Link

  • opens dialog, but seems to think that its worong
  • --> doesn t see/ read "to a wiki page"
  • ref icon (mouse overs the ref-icon, while checking the toolbar for a function to add a link)
  • "this will take me to the bottom"
  • "doesn't look like I can do it that easily" (refs)

Insert a reference

  • "no idea"
  • "Cancel" -> expected undo


  • Found preview eventually, preferred it to 'trial and error'
  • preview confusing -> hit edit in preview to edit

Discussion page

  • -> no idea what's there

Infobox

  • Infobox: need section level, definitely!
  • clicks section edit underneath the infobox (which belopngs to the section noit to the infobox)
  • finds the capsule, opened it - thinks - and cancled!! (d'oh)
  • --> didn t recognized the content. "I dont think it was that obvious"
  • --> would be much better,if the popup uses more vertical space (like 80% of the browser-window)
  • --> problem of titling and labels(?)


  • section edit found immediately

Add a section

  • did not find/ use "advanced" (naming issue? or visually not atttractive enough?)
  • guidance to use advanced: doesn t use headings
  • "I would search a sections that has a subsection and than copy it"
  • --> succeeds this way


  • recurring theme: people keep associating 'section' with the way it looks as opposed to a logical structure (IE try to indent and bold over deliniating subsection)

Insert table

  • managed pretty well


Create New Page

  • searches top navi (mouseovers the watch-star, reads tooltip)
  • searches for help on the mainpage, find tutorial for editing
  • clicks his way though several help pages, without success


Overall/ Resumee

  • "pretty intimedating at first"
  • toolbar was helpfull "once that I found it"
  • would like to "gain reputation" for contributing
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