[IxDA Discuss] Opportunity to review a small Ajax app together

[Sebi Tauciuc]

Ok, let's see..
Here are my own observations:

Nice:
1. The affordancy on categories is nice, except it could have been a bit
more discrete.
2. Good visual clues taken care of, in general. (except for the 'not so
nice' 3)
2. It is nice that the results are filtered with each character entered in a
filter textbox, but I don't think the selection should change automatically.
I only want to see the details after I have made my selection. The first
(random) result at a certain point is of no use to me.

Not so nice:
1. It is frustrating to have to wait for the scroll for such a long time.
Scroll can be awkward as it is, we don't have to make it worse. If
javascript was neccesary, then maybe it could have done without the AJAX
stuff. I don't want to change the current selection while scrolling anyway.
2. Each column remembers its own sort order and changes it when selected as
the sort column. I would have expected just for the sort column to change,
not also the sort order. It's nice that it remembers its own order, but it
just shouldn't change it when selected.
3. I thought the 'x' button was disabled, because it was gray. But finally I
decided clicking it.  Now I don't know how to put the  column  back in.
Interfaces  should allow exploration, shouldn't they?
4. I think the vertical/horizontal layout switch would make much more sense
if it remembered the choice made. If I only use this site once,  I will only
notice  this buticon after I am long finished with the search. If I use it
more than once, I would rather it remembered my choices, right?

Just my first impressions..I am sure there is much more to say by others.

On 9/6/06, jackbellis.com <jackbellis at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> On my hobby usability site, I offer free usability reviews and was
> recently asked to review a small Ajax app. I've come up with my own
> observations for it, but it occurred to me this might be an ideal
> opportunity to do a group exercise, especially since it's a new technology
> and essentially one powerful form. The site owner OK'd this idea.
>
> I thought it would also help because, being bandwidth sensitive, a
> logistically diverse audience would help. If you're interested, the site is:
>
> http://salesforce.maketime.com
>
> Use the demo login. Although I refer to "usability" I happen to provide
> comments on the whole gamut (interaction, graphics, text, help) to the
> extent it impacts the adoption/conversion. But it's your call where to
> focus. For practical purposes, there are these contexts:
> 1. A Welcome/Solicitation page.
> 2. An authentication page. (Is there a better name for these pages where
> you type in "Z7yKg93" from characters you can't read?)
> 3. The main page where you should focus: a search panel on the left and a
> Salesforce.com page on the right. Do NOT comment on the Salesforce side...
> it is not owned by the app in question.
> 4. Trivial support pages.
>
> Please share your comments with the whole group.
> -Thanks, Jack
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