Inline Edit pre-1.3: Instruction text changes

Thu Oct 21 20:18:09 UTC 2010

Agreed, with both Jon and Jess--a sprinkle of user testing should tell us
whether we're completely off track or if we've got the right idea.

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 3:57 PM, Jess Mitchell <jessmitchell at gmail.com>wrote:

> I hope user testing will also reveal whether our design does not give
> enough context for users -- without the box testing should reveal this I'd
> think?
>
> J
>
>
> On Oct 21, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Jonathan Hung wrote:
>
> > Here are my follow-up questions:
> >
> > 1. Do we feel there is enough in the demo, if viewed by itself outside of
> the portal context, that a user will understand what is expected?
> >
> > 2. Will a screen reader user have enough information to sufficiently use
> the demo without the instructional text?
> >
> > I'm okay with removing the instructional text since we're expected to do
> a round of user testing to identify any gaps in the design.
> >
> > ---
> > Jonathan Hung / jhung at ocad.ca
> > IDRC - Interaction Designer / Researcher
> > Tel: (416) 977-6000 x3959
> > Fax: (416) 977-9844
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:28 PM, James William Yoon <jyoon at ocad.ca>
> wrote:
> > Who would've thought instruction text could be so debatable, ;)
> >
> > My 2 cents:
> >
> > wrt to the simple inline edit demo (
> http://build.fluidproject.org/infusion/demos/inlineEdit/simple/demo.html),
> I don't think the yellow boxed instructions are necessary. Two reasons why:
> >
> >   1) A fairly explicit set of instructions already exists, and the
> refinements proposed by Jen don't compromise that explicitness. Adding a
> second set of slightly more explicit instructions isn't going to help much.
> If it does, the problem is in the salience of the first set, and that's what
> would need to be fixed.
> >   2) I would hope that instructions aren't necessary anyway. We've worked
> at giving sufficient cues on how to use what's presently a moderately novel
> interaction. In "real life" situations, users typically don't get
> instructions on how to use a website, and we shouldn't assume that they'll
> be given any. The cues built into the component, and the context given by
> the demo should suffice. If they don't, we need to go back and fix those
> things first.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > James
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Jennifer Chow <jen at jenchow.ca> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Any thoughts on building the demo page so that the yellow box only
> appears for screen reader users and is otherwise hidden?
> >
> > The page we're looking at:
> http://build.fluidproject.org/infusion/demos/inlineEdit/simple/demo.html
> >
> > Jen
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Jennifer Chow <jen at jenchow.ca> wrote:
> > Hi Jonathan, thanks for the thoughtful feedback. As we discussed over
> lunch, I agree that there is value in having the yellow box as a concise,
> conceptual summary and intro piece for users with a screen reader.
> >
> > Regarding the rest of the text though, this was my takeaway from our chat
> (please confirm):
> >
> > Merge the blurb from the portal page (
> http://fluidproject.org/releases/1.2.1/demos/) with the grey
> "instructions" box text from the demo page (
> http://build.fluidproject.org/infusion/demos/inlineEdit/simple/demo.html)
> and using the same blurb on both the portal page and the demo page's grey
> box, as it provides a nice intro on what value the component offers.
> >
> > Essentially this:
> >
> >
> > "Simple Text Inline Edit allows a user to do quick edits to simple text
> without having to switch modes or screens. All work is done on the same
> interface which helps the user maintain context. By clicking or activating
> the text, you will be able to edit the text, save it, and undo / redo edits.
> This component is part of the Inline Edit family of components."
> >
> > To replace "Simple Text Inline Edit allows a user to do quick edits to
> simple text without having to switch modes or screens. All work is done on
> the same interface which helps the user maintain context. This component is
> part of the Inline Edit family of components." and "Instructions: This
> example shows an image with a title and caption. By clicking or activating
> the Title or Caption, you will be able to edit the text, save it, and undo /
> redo edits."
> >
> > Jen
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Jonathan Hung <jhung at ocad.ca> wrote:
> > Hi Jen,
> >
> > These are great suggestions - anything we can do to reduce cognitive load
> is desirable.
> >
> > About Proposed Change #2 (removing the yellow instruction text), I would
> argue to leave it. This text is there to reinforce / make more explicit the
> interaction expected on the page. A new user may need this text to know what
> to do.
> >
> > Also, for a screen reader user, the instruction text acts like a summary
> giving them a conceptual map of what they are going to be interacting with
> (like an audible sign post). If we remove this text, we should have to make
> sure that there is still enough instruction, especially for a screen reader
> user who is using this for the first time (which I would suspect to be the
> majority case).
> >
> > An alternate approach would be to still have instruction text, but have
> it invisible - thus reducing visible clutter but still providing useful
> instructions to an AT user. However, this creates isolated user experiences
> for sighted and non-sighted users which may not be a desirable situation.
> >
> > Thanks for reviewing the text and making suggestions. Wish we had time to
> do this for everything we do. Speaking of which, this email itself could use
> a good edit :)...
> >
> >
> > - Jonathan.
> > ---
> > Jonathan Hung / jhung at ocad.ca
> > IDRC - Interaction Designer / Researcher
> > Tel: (416) 977-6000 x3959
> > Fax: (416) 977-9844
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Jennifer Chow <jen at jenchow.ca> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Here's a recap of my chat with Jess about in-line edit instructions. To
> start, we identified four blocks of text shown below. Then we came up with
> some potential improvements.
> >
> > 1) Portal page blurb
> > 2) Grey "Instructions box" on "view demo page"
> > 3) Yellow instructions box on "view demo page"
> > 4) Tool tips
> >
> > Proposed change #1 (applies to all demo pages!):
> >
> > This is a two-part change:
> >
> > A) We proposed merging item 1 and 2 into the paragraph below to reduce
> redundancy. The paragraph would then be used on the portal page and
> duplicated in the grey "instructions box" on the "view demo page."
> >
> > "Simple Text Inline Edit allows a user to do quick edits to simple text
> without having to switch modes or screens. All work is done on the same
> interface which helps the user maintain context. By clicking or activating
> the text, you will be able to edit the text, save it, and undo / redo edits.
> This component is part of the Inline Edit family of components."
> >
> > B) The grey "instructions box" would be renamed to "Description" instead
> as well on all demo pages.
> >
> > Proposed change #2:
> >
> > We thought item 3, yellow instructions box, could be removed because the
> user will have visual cues and tooltips to direct them. At the moment, only
> the in-line edit demo page has the yellow box, so other demo pages shouldn't
> be affected.
> >
> > Proposed change #3:
> >
> > Tool-tip rewording for on focus mode
> > Current: Edit title. Select or press Enter
> > Revised: Select or press Enter to edit
> >
> > Proposed change #4:
> >
> > Tool-tip rewording for editing mode
> > Current: Press Escape to cancel, Enter or Tab when finished
> > Revised: Escape to cancel, Enter or Tab when finished
> >
> > Thoughts and feedback are welcome!
> >
> > Jen
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Colin Clark <colinbdclark at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Yesterday afternoon a bunch of us chatted about next steps for Inline
> Edit as we near the planned Infusion 1.3 freeze date. Here's the to do list
> that came out of our meeting:
> >
> > Must fix for 1.3
> > -------------------
> >
> > * Remove edit mode instructions for Rich Text Inline Edit (Justin + Mike)
> > * Tweak the instruction text to be awesomer (Jen + Jess)
> > * Design and implement awesome default styles for each Inline Edit
> flavour (James + Mike + Justin)
> >  -  Implement icon scaling for Inline Edit pencil and Undo arrows (James
> + Jen + Mike + Justin)
> >  - Display mode tooltip styling: larger text, lighter background (James)
> >  - Fatter pencil icon (James + Jen)
> > * Screen reader testing with JAWS, NVDA, and preferably Orca (Jonathan)
> >
> >
> > Nice to Have
> > ---------------
> > * Ship Undo by default with Icon + Tooltip (Justin + Mike)
> > * Streamline the toolbar icons for Rich Text Inline Edit demo (Jen + Mike
> + Justin)
> > * Larger font size by default with TinyMCE RTIE demo, matching the font
> size of display mode, as well as matching font faces (Jen + Mike + Justin)
> >
> > Colin
> >
> > ---
> > Colin Clark
> > Technical Lead, Fluid Project
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