EDS ux feedback

[Keith Hazelton]

On Mar 11, 2013, at 07:49:11, Peter Schober wrote:

> * Keith Hazelton <hazelton at doit.wisc.edu> [2013-03-11 13:37]:
>> Some DS implementations allow substring searches.  What about EDS?
>> In my own case at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, after typing
>> "university" once, and seeing what happened, I switched to typing
>> "mad".  In DS implementations supporting substring search that leads
>> to a manageably short pick list.
> 
> Sure, the EDS does that and it works great. That's also what I always
> say if someone presents the above problem to me (and again, two weeks
> later).
> Usually I'm not around if subjects ("end users") run into that, though :)

Then clearly this problem is 100% your fault!    --k

> 
>> Maybe some hint, perhaps a strong one, to avoid using the word
>> "university"?  Not sure if there are other clinkers in the list of
>> search terms.
> 
> Personally I don't think the software should do anything here.
> If people insist on doing inefficient discovery that's fine (if they
> can make it work!), including typing too much and not clicking on
> previously selected IdPs.
> If on the other hand there in fact is something to help learning
> navigating this easier/quicker that would of course be welcome.
> I doubt it. Maybe we'll do a video tutorial showing how to click
> though this.
> -peter
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