RE: I got thrown for a loop.

["Giordano, Connie" <Connie -dot- Giordano -at- FMR -dot- COM>]

Chuck,

There are some scenarios where it might be a necessity. If you're signed in
with multiple sessions (say I'm signed in as a supervisor, and I'm signed in
as a regular staffer), it's nice to know which session I'm looking at. If
multiple users are signed into a machine (like you can do with WinXP at home
for example), then it's also nice to know which ID is active on the screen.

Plus all that good stuff that Don said about personalization.

HTH

Connie P. Giordano
Senior Technical Writer
Advisor Technology Services
A Fidelity Investments Company
704-330-2069 (w)
704-330-2350 (f)
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connie -dot- giordano -at- fmr -dot- com
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Martin [mailto:cm -at- writeforyou -dot- com] 
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2003 1:24 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: I got thrown for a loop.



I could use a little feedback here. I made a suggestion that I believe is a
good one, that is something I've seen elsewhere--all over, as a matter of
fact--that is incedibly helpful. When I suggested it, I got a response that
sort of floored me, and now I'm at loggerheads trying to come up with
concrete reasons. I'm reaching out for some suggestions.

Here's the deal. A Web application. Users sign in and then do work.

In every other Web application I've worked on, not to mention tons of Web
sites I've visited, once you sign in, somewhere in the page header or along
the left navigation, there's personalization. On my My Yahoo! page, it says
"Hello Chuck." My credit union's online access has my account name and
number at the top of the page. I could go on, but you get the ides.

So I made the suggestionlast week "I just realized, in most places in [our
application],when you're signed in, there's no indication of who you are.
(This is a common thing in web apps, to have the username or person's name
somewhere in the top pane.)"

My manager, who is Marketing Director (yeah, I know....), and who has shared
my passion for creating usable products, wrote this response: "And what is
the benefit of the user knowing who they are?"

This is something that I've beleivedso useful that I've never questioned it,
and so when it is now questioned, I'm having trouble quantifying an answer.

thx,
Chuck Martin




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