drupal 7 ux –
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The Drupal 7 UX maintainers Bojhan & Roy go through the user experience changes in Drupal 7.TRANSCRIPT
Drupal 7 User Experience
Bojhan Somers & Roy Scholten
Drupal usability
*sucks*
2008: Yes, it's that bad…
• 2 Usability lab tests
• Dries says it should be fixed
• Drupal UX-team
Core UX
• Drupal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: focus on the developer
• Drupal 7: focus also on the content
producer
2009: Drupal 7UX
Mark Boulton Leisa Reichelt
Biggest UX problems
• What is the front (site), what the back (admin)?
• Where is my content?
• Where do I find functionality?
• Many small issues
What is the front (site), what the back (admin)?
Drupal 6 front end
Drupal 6 back end
D7: Front
D7: Front Back
Seven theme
Where is my content?
Find the content…
Where do I find functionality?
Drupal 6 admin
D7UX design principle
80/20% rule: make common tasks easy, others doable
80%: toolbar
• New top level admin sections
• Shortcuts
Content
Structure
Appearance
People
Modules
20%: Configuration
& many small issues…
• Interface text
Before
After
Before
After
The most effective way to improve your user interface is through copy writing.
Omit needles words
& some more small issues…
• Workflow
Actions are not tabs
Action links
Contextual links
Demo movie on the next slide…
Shortcuts
Module links
Dashboard
Vertical tabs
The future
Challenges for Drupal 8, 9, …
Page model
• Blocks
• Fields (Display & Form building)
Module administration
• Updates• Module management
Continued improvements
• Information Architecture
• Interaction design
• Usability engineering
Module maintainers
Are you creating “interesting” interfaces?
Pattern Library
How to use vertical tabs
buttons
fieldsets
local actions
Standardization
Drupal 7 UX will be as good as contrib makes it.
Contact Drupal UX team
http://groups.drupal.org/usability
twitter: @bojhan & @royscholten