[Imc-alternatives] Design! (was: More user stories)

[lancaster-imc at riseup.net]

Count me in on the design/usability team.

> Strypey,
>
> I'm really glad to see these user-stories.  It reminds us all that no
> matter what code we choose, we still have to actually design this site!
>
> I think now is the time to finally focus a team to focus exclusively
> on design.  I'm talking about both graphics and navigability.  Nick
> and I have been in touch a bit about some of that, and Aaron C. from
> the Philly IMC says he's interested in being part of the design
> process too.  I'm in.  Strypey, you too?  Anyone else?
>
> Maybe we should revive the old idea of tagging our e-mail subjects
> with either TECH or DESIGN to separate threads.
>
> I'm so excited about this recent burst of energy.  It has been really
> great.
>
> Jay
>
> At 3/17/2008, you wrote:
>>Kia ora koutou
>>
>>Good to see there is some tech enthusiasm, thanks Dave for getting
>>us dev space
>>on BORG. Thanks also for the info about the database differences between
>> Plone
>>and Drupal. So, it definitely seems that we need a build-off.
>>Dimitri, let's see
>>what an Indycore imc-alt site would be like. Do we have someone to
>>bottom-line a
>>Drupal test site?
>>
>>In order to build there sites, we need a clearer idea of how we want
>> people to
>>be able to use them. This is where the non-geeks make their essential
>>contributions. Here are some more user stories off the top of my head.
>>
>>1) A permaculture enthusiast arrives at the site and searches for
>> articles
>>related to permaculture. She is pleased to discover that the search can
>> be
>>narrowed down to articles from her country, her town, even her
>> neighbourhood.
>>She is even more pleased to find a couple of articles about a community
>> garden
>>and a community supported agriculture scheme in her town. She is
>>able to use the
>>contact information in the articles to contact the groups.
>>
>>2) A user creates a login on the site. She ticks boxes for various topic
>> (eg
>>food, health, energy) and media (ie graphic, audio, video) categories.
>> She is
>>informed of new stories added to those categories by email, and she can
>> choose
>>between individual, daily, weekly, and monthly updates.
>>
>>3) A user reads a story on the solutionswire. He makes an anonymous
>> comment,
>>using an invented name. Other users want to discuss the story in more
>> detail,
>>and click the link to the discussion forum topic for that story.
>>They login and
>>carry on a discussion of the story.
>>
>>RnB
>>Strypes
>>
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