UI usability initial thoughts

tache

Joined: 2004-08-09
Posts: 15

Posted: Wed, 2004-09-29 09:00

Now that I am up and running, I have a few notes:

Good -
1. I like the clean look and some of the new features, such as random image.

2. Album migration worked fine on all my albums, although it took a while, with only the brower progress feedback.

3. I love the movie additions.

Bad -
1 - It seems slow, at least much slower than G1.

2 - The permissions capability and management is terrible. It is hard to understand, and doing simple tasks such as making an album visible is tough to figure out.

3 - reorder was strange, but then I might be used to G1

jamzyamz

Joined: 2004-01-12
Posts: 154

Posted: Wed, 2004-09-29 17:43

I agree it does seem slower.

bharat

Joined: 2002-05-21
Posts: 7994

Posted: Fri, 2004-10-01 18:49

tache wrote:

1 - It seems slow, at least much slower than G1.

It is definitely slower than G1, especially if you have less than a few thousand photos. The overhead of getting the database involved is not trivial. However, the one main place where performance bites us right now is in the code that loads thumbnails, that is still about 2x too slow. I've got several tricks up my sleeve for that, though -- stay tuned.

tache wrote:

2 - The permissions capability and management is terrible. It is hard to understand, and doing simple tasks such as making an album visible is tough to figure out.

The permission system in G2 is very powerful. We have not yet come up with a UI that makes it accessible enough to everybody. We're working on a simple/advanced UI and will have something to that effect by the final release.

tache wrote:

3 - reorder was strange, but then I might be used to G1

What was strange about it? All feedback is good...

jamzyamz

Joined: 2004-01-12
Posts: 154

Posted: Sat, 2004-10-02 19:17

I think the reorder function in G2 is great, it's very logical. I think he means where you say gallery x is after/before gallery y. I like it better it g2

As for the thumbs looking forward to the thumbs speed fix, any idea when it'll be in for testing?

tache

Joined: 2004-08-09
Posts: 15

Posted: Mon, 2004-10-04 05:07

Yep, it is in the way that the reorder is worded, and that I am used to G1 way of doing it. I think that it is just fine.

I think that the images look as if the thumbnails are being generated as they are loaded the first time in G2. After that, it seems faster, but still not as fast as G1. I guess that is a tradeoff of more functionality.

tache

Joined: 2004-08-09
Posts: 15

Posted: Mon, 2004-10-04 05:16

So, how do you sort the album?

mindless

Joined: 2004-01-04
Posts: 8601

Posted: Mon, 2004-10-04 14:45

edit album / Album Basics

tache Joined: 2004-08-09 Posts: 15	Posted: Wed, 2004-09-29 09:00
	Now that I am up and running, I have a few notes: Good - 1. I like the clean look and some of the new features, such as random image. 2. Album migration worked fine on all my albums, although it took a while, with only the brower progress feedback. 3. I love the movie additions. Bad - 1 - It seems slow, at least much slower than G1. 2 - The permissions capability and management is terrible. It is hard to understand, and doing simple tasks such as making an album visible is tough to figure out. 3 - reorder was strange, but then I might be used to G1
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jamzyamz Joined: 2004-01-12 Posts: 154	Posted: Wed, 2004-09-29 17:43
	I agree it does seem slower.

bharat Joined: 2002-05-21 Posts: 7994	Posted: Fri, 2004-10-01 18:49
	tache wrote: 1 - It seems slow, at least much slower than G1. It is definitely slower than G1, especially if you have less than a few thousand photos. The overhead of getting the database involved is not trivial. However, the one main place where performance bites us right now is in the code that loads thumbnails, that is still about 2x too slow. I've got several tricks up my sleeve for that, though -- stay tuned. tache wrote: 2 - The permissions capability and management is terrible. It is hard to understand, and doing simple tasks such as making an album visible is tough to figure out. The permission system in G2 is very powerful. We have not yet come up with a UI that makes it accessible enough to everybody. We're working on a simple/advanced UI and will have something to that effect by the final release. tache wrote: 3 - reorder was strange, but then I might be used to G1 What was strange about it? All feedback is good...

jamzyamz Joined: 2004-01-12 Posts: 154	Posted: Sat, 2004-10-02 19:17
	I think the reorder function in G2 is great, it's very logical. I think he means where you say gallery x is after/before gallery y. I like it better it g2 As for the thumbs looking forward to the thumbs speed fix, any idea when it'll be in for testing?

tache Joined: 2004-08-09 Posts: 15	Posted: Mon, 2004-10-04 05:07
	Yep, it is in the way that the reorder is worded, and that I am used to G1 way of doing it. I think that it is just fine. I think that the images look as if the thumbnails are being generated as they are loaded the first time in G2. After that, it seems faster, but still not as fast as G1. I guess that is a tradeoff of more functionality.

tache Joined: 2004-08-09 Posts: 15	Posted: Mon, 2004-10-04 05:16
	So, how do you sort the album?

mindless Joined: 2004-01-04 Posts: 8601	Posted: Mon, 2004-10-04 14:45
	edit album / Album Basics

UI usability initial thoughts

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