mapcomplete/Docs/UserTests/2023-10-17 User Test Studio Thibault.md

User Test of the Studio

Task

Create a simple layer specification using MapComplete studio with 'images' and a question. The actual topic of the layer can be chosen by the participant

This participant wanted to create a layer about solar panels.

Background info

Browser: Librewolf on a linux machine (actually: pietervdvn's dev machine) Testurl: hosted.Mapcomplete.org/studio.html The participant has an extensive knowledge of MapComplete - both as user, data contributor but also as beta tester. As such, many terms and the general structure of Studio were intuitively clear.

Surfaced issues with studio

• If the 'name' or 'description' of the layer are not given, it cannot be loaded as 'fake' theme. This needs a clear warning message
• The explanation of the field render uses &LBRACEkey&RBRACE instead of {key}
• The freeform textfield only takes a small part of the screen, should be made full-width
• The 'render'-field should be moved in the 'freeform' section
• A pending Translated value: is still shown in the UI (for debugging purposes) - should be removed
• The 'textfield' of the 'Translated Value' should be hidden - especially as it contains JSON
• If an external dataset is loaded, a 'read only' mode should be triggered causing the 'question' - part to be disabled
• snapToLayer-section under presets section is not immediately clear. The participant realized after a few seconds what it meant drawing on their extensive MC-experience, but a beginner would not be able to figure this out

Suggestions and feature requests by the participant

• Add image previews (e.g. show a preview)
• The ability to paste key=value tags and have them filled into the relevant fields
• minzoom is set on 0 by default, which might choke mapcomplete; a sensible default (~15) should be taken for this

Other misc issues

• The crosshair might be invisible if the aerial imagery is quite dark (fixed in 9dc222be43)