Re: [Usability] Request for Totem usability review



On Mon, 2007-12-03 at 01:58 +0100, Martin wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-12-02 at 21:26 +0000, Philip Withnall wrote:
> > You can find a screenshot of the YouTube plugin at [1], and a screenshot
> > of the Video Search (Tracker) plugin at [2]. Unfortunately, by reviewing
> > via screenshot I think you miss the ability to review how usable loading
> > extra results as you scroll is, so hopefully someone else on the list
> > will be able to do that?
> 
> I won't do an in depth review or anything but just noticed one thing
> on the screenshots below that I find quite ironic. The local search
> plugin has "Back" and "Forward" while the Youtube plugin doesn't. :)

That's part of the point of the UI review --- we'd like to know which
method is better from a usability viewpoint.

Philip

> I can imagine why web-based search tools have a need for "Back",
> "Forward" and "Find" buttons (bandwidth concerns). It's harder to
> justify for local search tools where searches should be fast enough
> for "find as you type" and no "Back" and "Forward" buttons.
> 
> > [1]: http://tecnocode.co.uk/totem-youtube.png
> > [2]: http://tecnocode.co.uk/totem-video-search.png
> 
> Martin

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