Now that the feature "Learn from your mistakes" is in place, and has been used....
What are the parts that need to be polished up for ease of use?
Can a new user or young student discover by accident how to use the site? Probably.
Should the newbies be shown? Ideally .
1. How do we make this feature easier to use, so that it will influence others to use it after ever game? Well the button needs to be in view on top of the screen, not on the bottom. If the chessboard is too large, the button is hidden.
2. The orange button "Learn from your mistakes" is not orange when the game ends. It should change color as soon as the game ends without the need to press on it. By changing color, it suggests that, that's the next step to do..., analyze the game.
3. The blue pop up "Learn from your mistakes" is good. It's the text inside it that needs to be in a button form. If you box up the text "View the Solution" and highlight the new button. It will look more than just a link to press. Again kind of guiding the player to the next proposed step.
4. Keep the grouping of the buttons in order of use in the same area of the screen.
Once the review is complete, the pause and rejoin the tournament should not appear on the top left, but more with the rest of the buttons. Again to emphasize that your now ready to rejoin the tournament.
5. Note that the tabs for Computer analysis, Move times, Cross-table, FEN & PGN would probably be best on top of the graph rather than on the bottom. In a spread sheet the tabs are always visible, but on the web analyze page they are hidden below the screen. Feature buttons always need to be visible and the info to view can be scrollable.
If the buttons on Lichess are highlighted green when suggesting that's probably the next button to press or placed in a user sequenced area of the screen for personal selection, the new users will enjoy pressing the next button to discover the rest of the features. Once the user has pressed all the buttons, there might not be any need to show them the way.
When something new is installed on a computer, it is sometimes highlighted to notice the new feature. Maybe that could be a way to guide the users to new features on the site.
As I was ready to end this post, I saw the CAPTCHA and the way it was organized. Everything is there, if a new person reads what to do. The button you wish us to press is in gray, but does not turn green or change wording when the move has been done. The button, should be "Create the topic" in gray as it presently is and changes to "Now, press to submit" in green after the move has been done. Maybe even relocate the button under the Checkmate. This emphasizes the next step to do without needing to read. Imagine if there was nothing written in the button, the highlighted button would point the way.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.
What are the parts that need to be polished up for ease of use?
Can a new user or young student discover by accident how to use the site? Probably.
Should the newbies be shown? Ideally .
1. How do we make this feature easier to use, so that it will influence others to use it after ever game? Well the button needs to be in view on top of the screen, not on the bottom. If the chessboard is too large, the button is hidden.
2. The orange button "Learn from your mistakes" is not orange when the game ends. It should change color as soon as the game ends without the need to press on it. By changing color, it suggests that, that's the next step to do..., analyze the game.
3. The blue pop up "Learn from your mistakes" is good. It's the text inside it that needs to be in a button form. If you box up the text "View the Solution" and highlight the new button. It will look more than just a link to press. Again kind of guiding the player to the next proposed step.
4. Keep the grouping of the buttons in order of use in the same area of the screen.
Once the review is complete, the pause and rejoin the tournament should not appear on the top left, but more with the rest of the buttons. Again to emphasize that your now ready to rejoin the tournament.
5. Note that the tabs for Computer analysis, Move times, Cross-table, FEN & PGN would probably be best on top of the graph rather than on the bottom. In a spread sheet the tabs are always visible, but on the web analyze page they are hidden below the screen. Feature buttons always need to be visible and the info to view can be scrollable.
If the buttons on Lichess are highlighted green when suggesting that's probably the next button to press or placed in a user sequenced area of the screen for personal selection, the new users will enjoy pressing the next button to discover the rest of the features. Once the user has pressed all the buttons, there might not be any need to show them the way.
When something new is installed on a computer, it is sometimes highlighted to notice the new feature. Maybe that could be a way to guide the users to new features on the site.
As I was ready to end this post, I saw the CAPTCHA and the way it was organized. Everything is there, if a new person reads what to do. The button you wish us to press is in gray, but does not turn green or change wording when the move has been done. The button, should be "Create the topic" in gray as it presently is and changes to "Now, press to submit" in green after the move has been done. Maybe even relocate the button under the Checkmate. This emphasizes the next step to do without needing to read. Imagine if there was nothing written in the button, the highlighted button would point the way.
Thank you for taking the time to read this post.