Web Hob design project with T&T

This page contains information on the Web Hob design project we ran with the London-based agency <a href="http://tobias.tv/">Tobias & Tobias</a> between January and March 2013.

General discussion about Web Hob happens on a dedicated mailing list: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/webhob

Introduction

Web Hob is a web-based interface to the Yocto Project. The agency Tobias & Tobias were hired to start the interface design process, following a previous strategy engagement that established priorities and a high level plan for the Web Hob project.

The design work happened between January and March 2013 and was structured like this:

• 3 design iterations
• 2 rounds of user feedback

The outcome would be a set of static wireframes, a web-based prototype and a visual design framework.

Latest Files

• File:Wireframes-Stage 2&3 review-INT-002-0.18.pdf — Interim wireframes incorporating Stage II & III feedback (bright blue links, buttons, etc. are clickable)
• File:User Test 2 Findings-INT-002.pdf — Summary of feedback gathered on the Stage II designs
• File:Web Hob content structure.pdf — An outline of the structure of the Web Hob application
• File:User Test 1 Findings-INT-002.pdf — Summary of feedback gathered on the Stage I designs
• File:Wireframes-Stage 1-INT-002-0.10.pdf — Final Stage I Wireframes (bright blue links, buttons, etc. are clickable)
• File:User Test 2 Findings-INT-002.pdf - Summary of feedback gathered on Stage II designs
• File:Multiuser support in Web Hob.pdf - Design approach to multi user workflows in Web Hob
• File:Final wireframes candidate v1.1.pdf - Final wireframes for the Web Hob design project with Tobias & Tobias (January - March 2013)

older files

Prototype Index

Sprint	Version	Stage	Scope	Link
1	1	I,III	Build analysis	prototype
2	1	II,III	Projects and builds	prototype
2	2	II,III	Projects and builds	prototype
2	3	II,III	Projects and builds	prototype
2	1	II,III	File browsing and multi-user	prototype
2	2	I,II,III	File browsing and build analysis	prototype
2	4	I,II,III	All scenarios	prototype
2	5	I,II,III	All scenarios	prototype

• Sprint is the design sprint (or phase) during which the prototype was produced. There are 2 design sprints in this project.

• Version indicates how many iterations of each prototype we created as part of the design process

• Stage refers to the Web Hob stages identified by Tobias & Tobias and outlined further down this page

• Scope indicates, at a high level, which scenarios are addressed by the prototype

• Link to the Yocto Project git repository where the prototype is hosted

Visual design

Visual design work by Tobias & Tobias started at the beginning of March. They agreed to deliver a set of GUI components and 3 screen mockups:

• My activity dashboard
• Build dashboard
• Package information

The thumbnails below show the visual design work as it was delivered over time. I've grouped them by page, so that it's easier to see how they evolved.

Final versions were delivered on Friday, 22nd March 2013. This is the agency's final piece of work: it doesn't mean it will be the design we will implement. Changes might come based on community feedback.

My activity dashboard

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  Final

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  22 Mar

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  21 Mar

• 

  8 Mar

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  4 Mar - light

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  4 Mar - dark

Build dashboard

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  Final

• 

  22 Mar

• 

  21 Mar

• 

  8 Mar

• 

  6 Mar

• 

  6 Mar

• 

  4 Mar - light

• 

  4 Mar- dark

Package information

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  Final

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  22 Mar

• 

  21 Mar

• 

  8 Mar

GUI controls

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  Final

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  8 Mar

Stage II & III

Scenarios Covered

• Create Build 
  • Set up Project 
  • Choose Hardware
  • Set Preferences 
  • Specify Layer(s)
  • Specify base image and package(s)
  • Run Build
• Install Web Hob Server
  • Configure team servers 
  • Select team options and configure
• Error Messaging 
  • View error logs
• Refine scenarios from Stage I

Schedule

• 4 Feb 2013 — Workshop
• 8 Feb — 1st review
• 12–14 Feb — User testing
• 15 Feb — User testing review
• 20 Feb — 2nd review
• 22 Feb — Final review

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Stage I

Scenarios Covered

• Show Build Metrics (minimal)
  • Identify image (minimal)
  • Define scope of analysis (minimal)
  • Run analysis of image (minimal)
  • View analysis overview (minimal)
• Finding/Viewing Builds (minimal)
  • View list of projects/builds (minimal)
• Install Single-User Web Hob (minimal)
  • Check prerequisites (minimal)
  • Download/git clone Web Hob (minimal)
  • Install single-user option (minimal)

Schedule

• 11 Jan 2013 — Kickoff
• 14 Jan — Workshop
• 18 Jan — 1st review
• 22–24 Jan — User testing
• 25 Jan — User testing review
• 30 Jan — 2nd review
• 1 Feb — Final review

Old Files

• File:Prototype-Stage 2-File Browsing & Visualisation-INT-002-0.15.pdf — FIle browsing & build analysis prototype for Stage II (bright blue links, buttons, etc. are clickable)
• File:Wireframes-Stage 1-INT-002-0.6.pdf
• Prototype 0.2

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Previous Versions

• Prototype 1.0
• WebHob Design — Archived - Design and documentation for the first Web Hob project, now superseded by the above.
• Web UI 0.1: File:HOB WEB architecture overview v0 1.pdf (deprecated)