Some usability comments

[Ian Mulvany]

Just some general comments

- not being able to edit the date is annoying, everything else on the LHS is editible.

- when editing the author name, having to switch to the right panel is annoying

- having the have Title - abstract - sub heading - content, instead of allowing Title - subheading - content is an annoyance. 

- trying to reflow paragraphs by introducing line breaks is leading to some confusing behaviour - could be good to do some user testing on how people write, and identify where they get confused. 

[Ian Mulvany]

Also, finding out that I can't export on Safari until after I try to export - annoying

[Michael Aufreiter]

Thanks for the feedback. I’ll be meeting with our designer in chief on Thursday and we’ll try to address some UX flaws that exist (aside from bugs).

- not being able to edit the date is annoying, everything else on the LHS is editible.

Editing dates is a bit tricky as we need to validate the input. I’ll be working on a publication_info card (similar to lens pubinfo) with general information.. and i’ll add a field for changing the date, along with the possibility of choosing a license (under which the article should be published)

- when editing the author name, having to switch to the right panel is annoying

On our list, but for implementation reasons - low priority

- having the have Title - abstract - sub heading - content, instead of allowing Title - subheading - content is an annoyance. 

Not sure I can follow. We do not have a “formal” abstract yet. Indenting/dedenting subheadings should become easier (currently hidden under a shortcut TAB or SHIFT+TAB).

- trying to reflow paragraphs by introducing line breaks is leading to some confusing behaviour - could be good to do some user testing on how people write, and identify where they get confused. 

We need videos of test subjects! :)

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[Michael Aufreiter]

Did you get the warning at least? I’m aware of the zip download being broken Safari. There’s only a workaround using Flash, and since we’ll be releasing the native app soon we didn’t invest more time on it.

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Michael Aufreiter

Substance | http://substance.io

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