Comments on: Tidepool download usability critique, part 2 http://dowhatimean.net/2005/03/tidepool-download-usability-critique-part-2 Richard Cyganiak's Weblog Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:48:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jon http://dowhatimean.net/2005/03/tidepool-download-usability-critique-part-2#comment-151 Jon Sat, 26 Mar 2005 04:12:13 +0000 http://dowhatimean.net/2005/03/tidepool-download-usability-critique-part-2#comment-151 <p>BTW: some of the difficulties in creating a smooth sequence of download events lies in the following: 1) Tidepool needs to know the user’s URL to make unique tags from the get-go. (We decided not to try creating tags with local URL, then converting them on the fly when uploaded.) 2) going straight to a registration page might seem weird to an existing user who just needs to login. but maybe, if it is just username, password, email, we can get away with it.</p> <p>tim and i will have to ponder a few different scenarios.</p> <p>for now, simply trying to better explain it will be a good start, eh? (shoot, doesn’t everyone know what we mean?)</p> BTW: some of the difficulties in creating a smooth sequence of download events lies in the following: 1) Tidepool needs to know the user’s URL to make unique tags from the get-go. (We decided not to try creating tags with local URL, then converting them on the fly when uploaded.) 2) going straight to a registration page might seem weird to an existing user who just needs to login. but maybe, if it is just username, password, email, we can get away with it.

tim and i will have to ponder a few different scenarios.

for now, simply trying to better explain it will be a good start, eh? (shoot, doesn’t everyone know what we mean?)

]]> By: Jon http://dowhatimean.net/2005/03/tidepool-download-usability-critique-part-2#comment-150 Jon Sat, 26 Mar 2005 03:46:01 +0000 http://dowhatimean.net/2005/03/tidepool-download-usability-critique-part-2#comment-150 <p>Great ideas! where were you at beta time? You can post such feature ideas on the forum… but first you must register (ack!). you’ll love this: we don’t yet have it auto-linked to the same username/password ;=) — you don’t have to rant about that one :=)</p> Great ideas! where were you at beta time? You can post such feature ideas on the forum… but first you must register (ack!). you’ll love this: we don’t yet have it auto-linked to the same username/password ;=) — you don’t have to rant about that one :=)

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