RE: [Heartlogic-dev] goal status prototype

[Joshua N Pritikin]

On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 06:34 -0700, Josh White wrote:
> Great to see a prototype. My comments:
> 
> 1) for the average user, mandatory login will not work.  As a casual but
> curious user I would never bother registering for a site like this.  I
> suggest using cookies and tracking people that way. As a casual user that's
> what I expect a modern website to do. Much less invasive than asking my name
> and email.  

Yes yes, don't worry, this is only a test run of the goal status stuff.
Sorry I didn't make that clear at the outset.

> 2) I'm sorry to say that the casual user will have no idea what to do with
> this 'create a story' type page. I certainly don't get it, even with your
> tutorial.

Well, that's what we can discuss now.

>   I don't understand the point or purpose to making a story,

The point is to find out what kinds of goals people might have.

>  and I
> don't understand how to compose a story using the boxes you have.

Do you have a short story in mind involving two people?  2 or 3
sentences?  Who is involved in the story?  Type one name into a
participant box and click "Save Changes".  Then type the other name and
"save changes" again.

> 3) I assume the story will appear eventually where it now says "At the
> moment, there are no construals to rate at this level. Try a different
> level."  If so, do you expect a casual user to know what a construal is? 

Well, typically a user should never see that message but, good point,
I'll change it.

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