Suicide analysis of usability "Habrahabra"
The anniversary "Habrahabra" is dedicated.
This opus discusses some points regarding usability of our beloved “Habrahabra”. The review affects many sections of the site. Of course, I tried to avoid very controversial moments. Habrahabr is almost perfect, so let's make it even better! Without further ado, look what happened, let's start with the minuses.
The biggest disadvantage is the numbering of pages with post titles: the oldest page of posts should have the number 1, and with the most recent posts - the maximum number. While browsing and opening in the new tabs of the article, reading them, in the meantime new posts are added, and the page number with the headings is already changing, and it turns out not very nice.
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The logo on the main page is a link to the main page. It has long been known that references to themselves are harmful. Besides, it is confusing. This also applies to the PDA version .
There is a separate search for posts, questions and answers, blogs, etc., but on the search page there is no possibility to specify the scope of the search. Immediately you can not guess that such a possibility actually is - there is in each of the relevant sections.
Habrahabr is, first of all, a resource for reading. However, a regular means of increasing or decreasing the font was not found. At the moment, you can be content with only the means of browsers. In addition, Sans serif is not the best font solution for text articles. Look and compare the readability and reduction of eye strain with slightly increased font.
In the question and answer section (“q & a”) there are three subsections: “Hiked”, “New” and “Worn”. What does it mean - "zahabrennye" and "otkhabrennye"? A tooltip here would not hurt. Comparing the ratings of the contents of these two subsections, of course, you can understand, but you need to spend time on this.
In the general list of the "People" section, sorting is by rating only. What about karma? And alphabetically? And in chronological order? In the lists by city - obviously, sorting by registration date was done. And why is the main list not sorted by date of registration? Why are the lists by city not sorted by rating? ..
Now - about the pros: a) of which there are more, b) they are much fatter than the deadly minuses listed above.
Minimalistic design and a good layout of the site, plus enough empty space, you do not feel like in the market when there are a lot of people.
A huge plus is an adequate mobile version.
All comments on one page. If comments were broken page by page (and there are sites where articles are broken page by page), it would probably be not so interesting to read discussions about posts.
Links to the new and the best in the column on the right, as well as many other things that appear there, are very well thought out.
The abbreviated URL habr.ru is a great idea.
The 404th page does not contain anything superfluous (plus is rather pretty), and the wrong URL entered in the address bar can be easily corrected. I typed habrahabr.ru/bloglists , and the address has not changed to something like habrahabr.ru/404 , which is very nice.
Contact information is clearly described on the page about the site .
Transparent link structure. For example, only a glance at http://habrahabr.ru/qa/popular makes it clear that this is a link to popular questions and answers in the appropriate section.
The site has little advertising, and it is unobtrusive.
Two points, described below, do not pull on the "minuses", because the flow of affairs does not interfere much, but unjustifiably take up space or hurt the eyes.
It is not clear why on the page with the post title you need tags (in the list of posts). At the end of the article itself - why not. Tags allow you to quickly estimate what the article? It is unlikely that the content before the “habrakata” fully fulfills this function.
The policy regarding capital letters in the menu of a different level is not completely clear. In the main menu we see: “posts”, “q & a”, “blogs”, “people” and “companies”. We go to any post and see: "Hiked", "New", "Wit."
Even with all of these - no, not flaws - rough edges, “Habrahabr” is very well thought out and made. A huge audience and high quality materials - the success of the project can only be envied. I sincerely hope that "Habrahabr" will only get better over time.
Introduction
This opus discusses some points regarding usability of our beloved “Habrahabra”. The review affects many sections of the site. Of course, I tried to avoid very controversial moments. Habrahabr is almost perfect, so let's make it even better! Without further ado, look what happened, let's start with the minuses.
Minuses
Index numbering
The biggest disadvantage is the numbering of pages with post titles: the oldest page of posts should have the number 1, and with the most recent posts - the maximum number. While browsing and opening in the new tabs of the article, reading them, in the meantime new posts are added, and the page number with the headings is already changing, and it turns out not very nice.
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Looping
The logo on the main page is a link to the main page. It has long been known that references to themselves are harmful. Besides, it is confusing. This also applies to the PDA version .
Non-obvious search
There is a separate search for posts, questions and answers, blogs, etc., but on the search page there is no possibility to specify the scope of the search. Immediately you can not guess that such a possibility actually is - there is in each of the relevant sections.
Readability
Habrahabr is, first of all, a resource for reading. However, a regular means of increasing or decreasing the font was not found. At the moment, you can be content with only the means of browsers. In addition, Sans serif is not the best font solution for text articles. Look and compare the readability and reduction of eye strain with slightly increased font.
Terms: beautiful but incomprehensible
In the question and answer section (“q & a”) there are three subsections: “Hiked”, “New” and “Worn”. What does it mean - "zahabrennye" and "otkhabrennye"? A tooltip here would not hurt. Comparing the ratings of the contents of these two subsections, of course, you can understand, but you need to spend time on this.
Sort Members
In the general list of the "People" section, sorting is by rating only. What about karma? And alphabetically? And in chronological order? In the lists by city - obviously, sorting by registration date was done. And why is the main list not sorted by date of registration? Why are the lists by city not sorted by rating? ..
pros
Now - about the pros: a) of which there are more, b) they are much fatter than the deadly minuses listed above.
Design and layout
Minimalistic design and a good layout of the site, plus enough empty space, you do not feel like in the market when there are a lot of people.
m.habrahabr.ru
A huge plus is an adequate mobile version.
Comments
All comments on one page. If comments were broken page by page (and there are sites where articles are broken page by page), it would probably be not so interesting to read discussions about posts.
Right column
Links to the new and the best in the column on the right, as well as many other things that appear there, are very well thought out.
URL
The abbreviated URL habr.ru is a great idea.
Ideal 404th page
The 404th page does not contain anything superfluous (plus is rather pretty), and the wrong URL entered in the address bar can be easily corrected. I typed habrahabr.ru/bloglists , and the address has not changed to something like habrahabr.ru/404 , which is very nice.
Contacts
Contact information is clearly described on the page about the site .
Links
Transparent link structure. For example, only a glance at http://habrahabr.ru/qa/popular makes it clear that this is a link to popular questions and answers in the appropriate section.
Advertising
The site has little advertising, and it is unobtrusive.
Not pros and cons
Two points, described below, do not pull on the "minuses", because the flow of affairs does not interfere much, but unjustifiably take up space or hurt the eyes.
Tags
It is not clear why on the page with the post title you need tags (in the list of posts). At the end of the article itself - why not. Tags allow you to quickly estimate what the article? It is unlikely that the content before the “habrakata” fully fulfills this function.
Big and small
The policy regarding capital letters in the menu of a different level is not completely clear. In the main menu we see: “posts”, “q & a”, “blogs”, “people” and “companies”. We go to any post and see: "Hiked", "New", "Wit."
Summary
Even with all of these - no, not flaws - rough edges, “Habrahabr” is very well thought out and made. A huge audience and high quality materials - the success of the project can only be envied. I sincerely hope that "Habrahabr" will only get better over time.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/123297/
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