Drupal WebJam Utrecht
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Leisa Reichelt and Mark Boulton presented their work on D7UX, an initiative to redesign the Drupal administrative interface. They conducted user research including interviews and usability testing to define user audiences like content creators and web savvy non-developers. Their redesign goals were to simplify the interface, improve the information architecture, focus on the 80% use case, and make the interface more friendly and understandable without removing important context. They previewed some of their proposed changes like role-based shortcuts and improved editing workflows, and discussed challenges of implementing the redesign within resource constraints.
Drupal WebJam Utrecht
- 1. D7UX show & tell drupal webjam utrecht june 09
- 2. who am I & what am I doing here?
- 3. Leisa Reichelt: user experience designer design web experiences based on defining user audiences & their needs Mark Boulton: web designer markboultondesign.com
- 4. d7ux why do we need to do this?
- 9. a lot of people are really scared of Drupal
- 12. a tangent i’d love to talk more about...
- 13. our process DrupalconDC interviews research pimp your admin audience irc design definition youtube group d7ux.org test/research surveys flickr group post sketches& ideas for feedback design crowdsourcing test/research usability testing design
- 14. design principles ref: d7ux.org
- 15. who is D7UX for?
- 16. verity: the content creator jeremy: web savvy non-dev plus benefits to & not intruding on dx: drupal developers
- 17. what we hoped...
- 18. a sitebuilder for ‘Jeremy’
- 19. the reality
- 21. - 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’ - reduce support & customisation overheads - an interface to be proud of.
- 22. show & tell
- 23. global navigation the header roll up role based shortcuts
- 24. the dashboard.. coming soon! (widgets currently being designed in microprojects)
- 25. add content
- 27. find content
- 28. edit in place ‘meta’
- 29. edit in place (node body text)
- 30. edit in place (node body text)
- 31. system design proper & consistent use of tabs interaction patterns - eliminate clutter - plain english
- 32. structure: content types menus blocks taxonomy
- 33. 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
- 35. lots to do little time: UX Sprint this weekend (yay!) Microprojects getting it built: resources getting design through the issue queue
- 36. help! :) your time your support/enthusiasm
- 37. we <3 #drupal-usability special shout outs to Yoroy, Catch, & Bojhan
- 38. thank you :) www.d7ux.org www.disambiguity.com www.designintheopen.org @leisa @drupalredesign