[Yourtopia] "Learn more" text and general concept conflict

Fri Apr 13 12:31:16 BST 2012

just  a silly question: can we add 3 little green balls to the sub
indicators in the  Home - Category details frame of this version
http://www.sendung.de/cust/okfn/yourtopia/wf-20120403-1200/

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 13:09, Marian Steinbach <marian at sendung.de> wrote:

> Hi everybody!
>
> I'm glad that we have a discussion going now! Let me try to address
> the various statements that have been made since yesterday.
>
> Composite index:
>
> I guess I understand what the composite index means. It's not a
> problem to calculate it. The question is rather: How to display it?
> Where does it fit in the app? Will users have visual analytics tools
> for the composite, as they have for the individual ones? I will have
> to make wireframes so we can discuss these things in detail. You
> (meaning everyone interested) should give feedback based on the
> wireframes.
>
> @Dirk, you asked: "So the question for generating the meta-index is
> then, which of the various rankings each user might generate do we
> use?" We will use the last state when the user clicks "Save & Share"
> (which is in the wireframes [1] but not yet in the prototype).
>
> Data to be used
>
> I leave it up to you which variables we use in the application. I
> really don't have a stake in that. Yes, it would make things more
> interesting if there was less correlation between the indicators. What
> is important to me though:
> - Please don't make it more measures than there are currently.
> - We have to stick with the data we decide for for the launch.
> Changing it afterwards would render the composite index data created
> to that date useless.
>
> Individual indicator selection:
>
> This seems to boil down to the question, what kind of users are we
> targetting? Something we should have discussed earlier, as I find now.
>
> @Dirk: You are talkin about what more experienced users would probably
> like. I don't think that the application has great chance of
> attracting returning users. No matter how many indicators we present
> to select from, once the user has expressed his opinion on how
> important they are, he'll hopefully press the share button and
> probably won't return. I'd suggest not to consider most people as
> involved as you guys are. While you guys probably have a whole forest
> worth of stories to tell, I think this kind of application can only
> plant a seed. That's far more than nothing. If we get the balance
> right, there will be insight and engagement and the will to share it
> with others. I am confident that the current prototype goes into the
> right direction. I had this experience when first playing with the
> sliders, and Rosamaria confirmed me.
>
> @Velichka, you proposed to have an optional sub-indicator weighting. I
> have concerns with this, since I don't see an elegant way to fit it in
> the current design right now. But I can try to sketch it out.
>
> As an alternative for having additional sliders for wights, I could
> also imagine toggling indicators on and off (think checkbox). For
> example, a user could decide that she doesn't want  "Youth
> unemployment rate in the age group 15-24" considered at all, so she
> would simply toggle this one off. This would enable greater
> empowerment over indicator selection, while leaving a relatively low
> amount of user interface clutter.
>
> Priorities
>
> There are two things to be designed (wireframed) right now:
>
> [  ] Individual indicator selection
> [  ] Composite index display
>
> Which one is more important and should be made first? Would be great
> if we could answer this by a "quick show of hands". You have to pick
> *one* :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Marian
>
>
> [1] latest wireframes:
> http://www.sendung.de/cust/okfn/yourtopia/wf-20120403-1200/
>
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