Riding the Crazyhorse – The Evolution of WordPress
by Patrick Havens
Liz Danzico and Jane Wells talks about the Beta experimental version of WordPress.
Bizzaro WordPress. Think of it, and test it.
Two Kinds of People
Windows Vista vs. MacOSX? (where is Linux love?)
Eye Tracking Studies where used to see where people were actually looking.
The 2.5 backstory
Findability, consistancy and “transparent design”
User-focused
Evaluated each “type” of person to see what was used.
HUGE Community Response
Real Users. Real Time. With Lasers.
Round 1: Testing 2.5
At Media Insight center, NY
Iterative Approach
Usability review of 2.5 -> Develope prototype -> test 2.5
Overview on how they used lasers to watch the eyes and see what they looked at.
Test Session
- Use own blog
- Perform specific tasks
- Use Protoype 1
- Rate all Features
Navigation
“I can never remember whcih menu thing are in”
new navigation model, reduce crowding.
Comments management need work bad.
Response to Prototype 1 so far has been good
50% of the items they knew they wanted to do, so far has alreayd been implemented.
They worked and tried many different Navigational Groupings. The one they ended up going was making it feel more like a Web Application then a Web Site.
They then brought up a demo admin they have so far.
The Crazy Horse Admin dashboard
The Write Screen is totally modular. You can keep it two column (when main menu in a 3rd column on left) or reconfigure to all the write panels in one row.
Major Changes to the Media Uploader that is easier and more intuitive.
Comment management
“It streamlines the process of reviewing comments”
SUCCESS:
Affinity
Opportunities
Framework
