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I really like the approach and the visuals. I almost never think of Git visually and this opens a whole new dimension for me. I'm looking forward to discover

by asciimo 13y ago

I really like the approach and the visuals. I almost never think of Git visually and this opens a whole new dimension for me. I'm looking forward to discover techniques and workflows outside of my everyday patterns. Thank you for sharing this with the world. However, the interface is often confusing. For example, I'm not sure what to do with the avalanche of dialogs at the beginning. So I just navigated to the earliest '1' button and pressed that. Also, the "goal" graph at the beginning of each exercise disappears, and I don't know how to recall it. Finally, the goal objectives can't be displayed at the same time that the console is active, and "help level" restarts the entire level description. It would be nice if both the goal graph and the list of objectives were both visible during the exercise. (If this is indeed possible, I obviously missed it.)

xxbondsxx 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback asciimo -- there are definitely some tough UX challenges with this type of app. Some comments: 0) you should only get one dialog with the link above, and that's the dialog that shows the new levels 1) the avalanche of dialogs at the beginning are the "lesson" for each level. They basically introduce the concept and describe how to solve the level -- sorry maybe it's not clear that every lesson comprises of "slides + solve" 2) the goal graph only disappears if you click it -- you can bring it back with "show goal" (which is a command in your history when the level starts) 3) you can view just the objective again with "objective" 4) when the goal graph comes up, you can still type into the console. it just might be a hard to see the results of your commands (this is the biggest issue and I haven't found a way to resolve it... :-/ Anyways, let me know if you have ideas on how to make the app more usable / newcomer friendly. It's hard for me because I don't have a pair of fresh eyes...

by asciimo 13y ago

xxbondsxx 13y ago

Thanks for the feedback asciimo -- there are definitely some tough UX challenges with this type of app. Some comments: 0) you should only get one dialog with the link above, and that's the dialog that shows the new levels 1) the avalanche of dialogs at the beginning are the "lesson" for each level. They basically introduce the concept and describe how to solve the level -- sorry maybe it's not clear that every lesson comprises of "slides + solve" 2) the goal graph only disappears if you click it -- you can bring it back with "show goal" (which is a command in your history when the level starts) 3) you can view just the objective again with "objective" 4) when the goal graph comes up, you can still type into the console. it just might be a hard to see the results of your commands (this is the biggest issue and I haven't found a way to resolve it... :-/ Anyways, let me know if you have ideas on how to make the app more usable / newcomer friendly. It's hard for me because I don't have a pair of fresh eyes...