Something on recommendations

[Fania Jöck]

Hi,

>> today i restyled a bit the recommendations overlay:
>> http://wstaw.org/m/2011/07/20/plasma-desktopaE2212.jpg
Yes, looks really nicer :)

> * there are a lot of icons and bits of text there. would it possible (and make
> sense from a usability perspective) to just show the list of things and then
> when you press on one who the actions for it (causing the entry to expand)?
> this would allow more recommendations to be shown at once and would lower the
> information volume and density.
We are actually aiming to present a short phrase like "add contact John 
Smith to the current activity" or "add document.pdf to the current 
activity" next to the icon. So the action and the resource name should 
be somehow integrated in one phrase.
But this depends actually from nepomuk and an internationalisation 
aspect, I already talked with Ivan about it... I guess he is the one, 
who can tell us the technical possibilities.

 From a usability perspective I prefer if you can see directly the 
action that can be done by touching/activating it, I am no friend of 
nesting options into different steps. Also because nobody really gets 
what these recommendations are ;) And with only one short phrase per 
item I guess its not too confusing for the user to distinguish between 
those entries.

But honestly, I have the feeling that a lot more testing is needed to 
develop the recommendation UI that the users really understand and that 
is going to help them.

Best,
Fania