charm browser/GUI UX issues from usage

[Luca Paulina]

In response to number one: Once we get filters it'll be a lot easier to
expose this stuff but primarily right now we are relying on the breadcrumb
to expose that information, hopefully it can be implemented soon :)

Thanks,

Luca


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Gary Poster <gary.poster at canonical.com>wrote:

> Hi Luca and Alejandra.  I'm very happy with how things are developing as
> we lead up to OSCON.  Thank you very much for all your great work.  I
> have two quick pieces of feedback about the charm browser, if you want
> to integrate it or just file it away for user testing fodder.
>
> First, if you start in the sidebar, click on a category, and then do a
> search, you are searching within the category.  That makes sense in
> retrospect, but you can't see anything alerting you of that unless you
> expand the filter section or look at the URL.  That confused me for a
> few seconds when I was using the application.  In the future, I'd like
> to see a summary of the filters in the same sort of way that Luca has a
> summary of the constraints when you first scale up, or something similar.
>
> Second, I already expressed some concern to you about the browse/build
> presentation.  I think the modal idea is good but I find the way it is
> currently presented to be unclear (especially the words used, "browse"
> and "build").  I would be interested in trying to make the modal
> distinction focused on the difference between viewing and hiding the
> canvas/environment, for instance.  Your position has been that the
> meaning can be discovered in exploration, which I acknowledge.  The only
> new item in our discussion is that someone on the GUI team independently
> expressed confusion about the new UX here, which increased my
> awareness/concern.  Perhaps user testing will reveal the current
> approach to be sufficiently clear for new users, though.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Gary
>
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