finalize placement of radio buttons in the Equation accordion box

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finalize placement of radio buttons in the Equation accordion box

Closed this issue 5 years ago · 10 comments

In #128, we decided that the location of the radio buttons in the Equation accordion box would be determined based on interviews. See that issue for discussion of pros and cons, starting at #128 (comment).

The equationButtons query parameter takes values left and right (the default), which determines where the radio buttons are placed in the Equation accordion box. Here's a comparison, reproduced from #128 (comment):

With ?equationButtons=left:

With ?equationButtons=right (the default):

Answer 1 · 2019-10-01T17:23:32.000Z

The current vote on this (as I understand it) is:

@arouinfar - buttons on right
@ariel-phet - whatever @arouinfar decides
@kathy-phet - buttons on left
@pixelzoom - buttons on left

Answer 2 · 2019-10-01T17:41:56.000Z

@arouinfar - buttons on right

My opinion is a bit more nuanced. I think buttons on left looks better, but I suspect buttons on right might be preferable flow-wise if the goal is for students to experiment with the coefficients in the equation before cycling through equations.

My plan is use ?equationButtons=left in interviews. If I notice flow issues in the first 2 interviews, I'll switch to ?equationButtons=right in the subsequent interviews.

I'm in the process of scheduling interviews in the Oct 2-8 window. So far, I have 3 volunteers, but I'll probably have a few more volunteers by the end of the day.

Answer 3 · 2019-10-01T18:14:18.000Z

My plan is use ?equationButtons=left in interviews.

Would you like me to make that the default? The default is currently right.

Answer 4 · 2019-10-01T18:37:11.000Z

@pixelzoom I am perfectly fine with appending ?equationButtons=left to the URL, but if you are planning on publishing a new dev version in the next day or two, please change the default to left.

Answer 5 · 2019-10-01T18:54:19.000Z

Default changed to ?equationButtons=left in 1.0.0-dev.29.

Answer 6 · 2019-10-01T18:55:36.000Z

Thanks @pixelzoom!

Answer 7 · 2019-10-01T19:13:20.000Z

In the above commit, I prevented the contents of the Equation accordion box from shifting around when switching between Cartesian and Polar scenes. This change is present in 1.0.0-dev.30.

Answer 8 · 2019-10-01T20:02:33.000Z

1.0.0-dev.30 has some problems related to memory management changes for #87. Please use 1.0.0-dev.31 for interviews.

Answer 9 · 2019-10-07T23:22:16.000Z

I've completed 4 interviews with the equation buttons on the left and I have not seen any flow issues, so let's keep the buttons on the left. The default is currently left but I imagine we may want to delete the query parameter, so back to @pixelzoom.

Answer 10 · 2019-10-07T23:33:39.000Z

Thanks @arouinfar. equationButtons query parameter has been removed, closing.