Difference between revisions of "WMF UX Improvement Effort"

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| #8 || '''[[#User unfriendly index dialogbox]]''' || Change the invitation to index message to "This file does not include a search index. Creating one may take several minutes. Do you want to index your ZIM file now?". || closed || 100% ||  
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| #10 || '''[[#Unecessary doubleclick by suggestions]]''' || If a match is chosen from the pop-up search suggestions, it should probably go ahead and execute that search rather than waiting for the user to hit enter. || realisation || 0% ||


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== Google-styled search result page ==
== Google-styled search result page ==
As previously discussed, Google-style search results would be a nice alternative to the current Sidebar implementation, especially if it could include a brief snippet from each article. Perhaps you could configure what type of search you prefer from a preferences menu. Ryan


== Localisation improvement ==
== Localisation improvement ==
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== User unfriendly index dialogbox ==
== User unfriendly index dialogbox ==
== Search misses some articles ==
== Unecessary doubleclick by suggestions ==


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[User_interface_feedback]]
* [[User_interface_feedback]]

Revision as of 14:10, 26 February 2011

Task Title Description Next step Progress Bug
#0 #Search in text improvement We should merge search in text and search in ZIM and have nicer searchbar & search button. proposal 10% [1]
#1 #Bad MacOSX Quit menu item MacOSX Quit menu item in File menu is odd to see realisation 0% [2]
#2 #Dead "adding content" link in the help "Adding Content" paragraph does not exist in the Help page in English realisation 0% [3]
#3 #Revanp the help page The help page must be more complete, more sexy, with screenshots. It should also provide an easy way to download new content. proposal 0%
#4 #Download manager For most of the user, this is too complicated to download separatly the content. The download must be integrated in Kiwix itself realisation 20%
#5 #Google-styled search result page Displaying the results in the sidebar is not good. We should display the results like google in a tab. realisation 10%
#6 #Localisation improvement Kiwix has too few locales and it is too complicated to update them. realisation 30%
#7 #ESC to quit Fullscreen This should be possible to press ESC to qui the fullscren. closed 100%
#8 #User unfriendly index dialogbox Change the invitation to index message to "This file does not include a search index. Creating one may take several minutes. Do you want to index your ZIM file now?". closed 100%
#9 #Search misses some articles Some articles included in the Wikipedia Version 0.5 ZIM file I tested were not matched by searching and could only be viewed by clicking a link to them. closed 100%
#10 #Unecessary doubleclick by suggestions If a match is chosen from the pop-up search suggestions, it should probably go ahead and execute that search rather than waiting for the user to hit enter. realisation 0%



Search in text improvement

Bad MacOSX Quit menu item

Dead "adding content" link in the help

Rewant the help page

Download manager

Google-styled search result page

As previously discussed, Google-style search results would be a nice alternative to the current Sidebar implementation, especially if it could include a brief snippet from each article. Perhaps you could configure what type of search you prefer from a preferences menu. Ryan

Localisation improvement

We will migration to translatewiki.net. We know how to make the migration, I still need to work on the migraation scripts, new templates and import scripts. Kelson 13:02, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

ESC to quit Fullscreen

User unfriendly index dialogbox

Search misses some articles

Unecessary doubleclick by suggestions

See also