Improving the UX of Views
We tested Views in Drupal 8 at BADCamp 2012 and this uncovered a large number of usability issues. Since then we have been hard at work resolving them.We resolved over 20 identified usability issues....
View ArticleSeven style guide
We finally posted our proposal for a Drupal Seven style guide, after lots of discussion and iteration it's now at a point that we feel it reflects our idea of Drupals branding. The goals of the style...
View ArticleDrupal Give
Client: DrupalDrupal is a opensource content management framework with over half a million users. I have been involved since 2008, and contributed to many initiatives and since 2010 I am leading up the...
View ArticleDrupal Commerce
Client: Commerce GuysAn e-commerce solution focused on medium to large sized shops that is built on top of Drupal 7. I was part of redesigning Drupal Commerce Kickstart, the product to get developers...
View ArticleUWV Personas
Client: UWV (User Intelligence) The creation of personas, to map the very diverse audience of UWV, a dutch social security organisation. There are about 1.1 million people in the Netherlands, who...
View ArticleInterview iOS app
Client: BojhanThrough running a lot of interviews, the lack of a useful recording app became apparent. As side project we developed a prototype running on the iPhone. The application focuses on showing...
View ArticleNorbits
Client: HKU (School project)Created an game in the physical space, where players interact with Norbits by placing objects in there virtual world. Placing something as simple as a block or ruler, the...
View ArticleRFID tags and mobile
Client: NokiaA field research project were RFID tags where used to create a better experience while shopping. Customers where able to find information on the phone about the particular product they...
View ArticleVindem
Client: HKU (School project)Vindem is a prototype of a product, which helps independent elderly with forgetfulness in their daily lives. It allows them to print pocketsize tickets, to quickly retrieve...
View ArticleFirst mobile usability test of D8
In early October 2012, we performed our first mobile usability test on a prototype toolbar for Drupal 8. The study aimed to get answers to the following questions: How do users use the toolbar on their...
View ArticleUX Team weekly open hour
We are starting up the UX hours again, building towards feature freeze we are facing an intense period of changes to Drupal 8 Our meetings will be held weekly (instead of bi-weekly, like before) in...
View ArticleModule & Theme browser interface
In Drupal 7 you are now able to install modules and themes using the interface. This opens the possibility for contrib to create a browser of projects. Creating a better experience in exploring and...
View ArticleContextual links
Quickly access configuration of blocks, menus and more. A new design pattern in Drupal 7. The concept Drupal provides little context, when performing administrative tasks. You easily lose context of...
View ArticleRevamping Drupal Commerce’s UX
Drupal Commerce has seen significant user experience improvements in the last few months, mostly because there is now a focused installation profile called Drupal Commerce Kickstart that tries to...
View ArticleBlocks & Layout - Prototype
We have build a prototype that explores how the Blocks & layout initiatives it's ideas could look in Drupal 8. This following the page & component library and concept model discussions. read more
View ArticleAuthor UX - Known problems
A few people have asked me to share the UX-team list of issues around the content author experience. This list has been accumulated over the years, by testing the content creation screen in almost...
View ArticleAlmost finished with school
In the last few months, I have had a lot of questions about this final school year. I am now only 3 months of thesis work away, from hopefully completing my M.A. in Interaction Design at the Utrecht...
View ArticleRedesigning content creation
In collaboration with Jared Ponchot the UX-Team has been working on redesign of the create content screen, a page that at the center of Drupal's UX which was in desperate need of an overhaul The...
View ArticleThoughts on D8UX Strategy
Drupal 8 development has been underway for some time now and we're seeing increased activity around issues that aim to improve Drupal usability. What's been missing is an overview of where we should...
View ArticleUX Team bi-weekly open hour
After an intense Drupal 7 period, the UX Team is starting work on the exciting new UX challenges in Drupal 8. We started work on several topics like defining the UX gate, usability testing Drupal 8,...
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