Re: Preparing to launch W3C site survey - 15 May

My apologies for missing the meeting yesterday. I will have a break from
Tuesday afternoon classes now and at least until June 25, but will be
unavailable again through mid-August. I am happy to work on tasks offline
when needed.

I went through the survey yesterday and it worked fine. I agree with Ian's
comments. I noted a couple issues in the comments section on my survey
answers. Main thing is the label "All Standards and Drafts" for /TR/
"Technical Reports." The term "Technical Reports" appears to be legacy,
while the label "Standards and Drafts" seems to be descriptive of what
people are looking for. There were a few questions that asked about
Technical reports, but I didn't see that phrase as a label anywhere on the
site, particularly on the main /TR/ page.

I expect there has been some research to support the newer label but wasn't
sure if the directory name would change to conform to the label? I find that
my mindset shifts when I think of Technical Reports vs Standards and Drafts,
even though I understand that they are the same thing, but can't explain it
that well. Maybe its an audience POV thing.

Noreen 


On 5/14/13 10:23 PM, "Ian Jacobs" <ij@w3.org> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Many thanks to Kelly McCarthy for programming the site redesign survey,
> and to all who helped formulate the questions.
>   https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign
> 
> Tonight I made some modifications:
> 
>  1) Added an intro page with a privacy policy (and set up the survey for that
> policy)
>  2) Configured the survey to end around midnight ET on 29 May
> 
> If anyone wants to do a last pass to see if the survey still works, that would
> be appreciated. :)
> 
> We are ready to open the survey on 15 May. Please find below draft text for
> various announcements.
> 
> Ian
> 
> ====================================
> Home page news
> 
> Subject: How Can W3C Improve Its Web Site? Let Us Know!
> 
> Body: 
> <p>The <a href="http://www.w3.org/wiki/Headlights2013/SiteRedesign">Site
> Redesign Task Force</a>  invites the community to take a short <a
> href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign">site redesign survey</a>.
> As discussed in the A List Apart Column "<a
> href="http://alistapart.com/column/w3c-is-getting-some-work-done">W3C is
> Getting Some Work Done</a>" W3C is developing a plan to refresh its Web
> presence for a variety of audiences. We appreciate your input on what you
> value from the site and what you would like to see us do better. We will be
> collecting survey responses until 11:59pm
> Boston time on 29 May 2013.</p>
> 
> ====================================
> Tweet
> 
> Help W3C improve its Web site; short survey open through 29 May
> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign
> 
> ====================================
> Message to W3C Members, Chairs, and Team,
> 
> Subject: W3C site redesign survey - Open Through 29 May
> 
> Body:
> Dear Advisory Committee Representatives, Chairs, and Team,
> 
> The Site Redesign Task Force [1], part of Headlights 2013 [2], invites you to
> take a short survey to help us improve the W3C home page, public site more
> broadly, 
> Member site, Working Group and other group home pages, and technical reports:
>   https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign
> 
> The survey is open through 11:59pm Boston time on 29 May. We encourage you to
> disseminate the link to the survey within your organizations and groups.
> 
> We plan to discuss the findings from this survey at the Advisory Committee
> Meeting 
> in Tokyo.
> 
> Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas on how we can improve our
> site for all.
> 
> Ian Jacobs, Head of W3C Communications
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/wiki/Headlights2013/SiteRedesign
> [2] http://www.w3.org/wiki/Headlights2013/
> 
> ====================================A
> A List Apart comment
> 
> Update! W3C has launched a <a
> href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/w3c_redesign">site redesign survey</a>
> and invites the community to share thoughts on how we can improve the site.
> The survey is open through 11:59pm ET on 29 May 2013.
> 
> --
> Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org>      http://www.w3.org/People/Jacobs
> Tel:                                          +1 718 260 9447
> 
> 
> 
> 
>

Received on Thursday, 16 May 2013 06:59:46 UTC