I've started this thread as a spot for site administrators and others
to find out about basic OpenACS screen prompts, instructions, etc.
that *may* (everyone sees things differently!) be confusing to users.
Just to get the thread established, here are some comments I sent to
an OpenACS administrator almost a year ago. Most of these issues may
already be fixed, some may not be, some or all you may feel aren't
really a problem. No matter--- I think it's good just to have them
articulated for the community's possible benefit. People running old
systems, for example, may want to know of these even if they have
already been fixed in the latest rev.
1) Registration page asks for "Full Name" and gives two boxes...
probably will be obvious to most, but it might be clearer to
say "Full Name (First + Last)". I was initially in a hurry and put
both names into the first box, and of course the software rejected
the entry because there was no last name.
2) The homepage doesn't make it clear to me how to register as a new
member (I found the join info off the "Your Preferences" link, but I
expected that a preferences choice would only available to those who
are already signed up).
3) Cookie acceptance--- Your explanatory text mentions Explorer 4 and
Netscape 4. For Explorer 5.0, changing cookie settings is
accomplished through Tools | Internet Options | Security | Custom
Level .
4) User Directory (.../directory/browse.tcl )-- The page says at
top "Your fellow users (only those who've given us personal homepage
addresses):", but many of the listings did not give a homepage, only
an email address. Per the line at top, I was expecting to see
homepages for everyone. Not necessarily a problem, just an FYI.
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Anyone have better and/or fresher suggestions to share?
PS--- What "category" (used to build the FAQ archives) should user-
oriented messages go? Should that be a category of its own?
