Re: [ftr] usability testing tasks, questions, characteristics

On 9/13/2017 9:42 AM, Eric Eggert wrote:
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> On 13 Sep 2017, at 16:35, Shawn Henry wrote:
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>> On 9/13/2017 9:00 AM, Wise, Charlotte wrote:
>>>  From a usability standpoint, it would be good if we could be consistent in our patterns and I would recommend we try to do that. Why do we use two different models here? Is there a way we could change the secondary page design to accommodate a consistent pattern?
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>> I *strongly* support that - always have. :)
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>> (ftr, I was very hesitant about moving the In-Page Contents from the right side.)
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> Can I also note that some pages currently have both, a context (same resource) and a content (in-page) navigation? This is the case in the tutorials, for example. When we talked about it waaaaaay back, the consensus seemed to be that we would drop the in-page navigation in such cases.
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> While I am happy to keep in-page navigations, this means introducing yet another template very late in the process, which is sub-optimal.

Or, be consistent with *one* template:
* all pages have in-page navigation on the right, when applicable.
* some pages have related navigation on the left.

~Shawn


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> Best, Eric
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>> ~Shawn
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>>> Best,
>>> Charlotte
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Shawn Henry [mailto:shawn@w3.org]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 4:38 PM
>>> To: WSTF <public-wai-eo-site@w3.org>; Wise, Charlotte <cwise@visa.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [ftr] usability testing tasks, questions, characteristics
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>>> Hi Charlotte, a more specific issue below...
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>>>> -------- Forwarded Message --------
>>>> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2017 12:43:50 -0500
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>>>> I took a first pass at some research questions and tasks (tweaked from earlier list) and participant demographics for the usability testing. All open for discussion, of course.
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>>>> Research questions:
>>>> .    How do people interact with the home page, and the sub-pages? Where does their focus go and pause? What do they click on?
>>>> .    Think-out-loud reactions to the visual design, content areas, nav, etc.
>>>> .    Is the all the navigation throughout clear, including what's available, where they are, where they've already been, where they can go next. Is the non-primary navigation clear, e.g., in-page navigation, related pages, etc.
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>>> On some pages, the left nav links to related info on other pages.
>>> On some pages, the left nav is in-page links.
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>>> Do users get that? Is it confusing? Helpful?
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>>> ~Shawn
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> Eric Eggert
> Web Accessibility Specialist
> Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) at World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
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