Difficult to navigate to Explorer

[stain]

http://www.openphacts.org/explorer links to the outdated http://explorer.openphacts.org/ instead of http://explorer2.openphacts.org/

It also makes it not very obvious how to get to the actual explorer. You have to navigate to "Registration and access to the Open PHACTS Explorer" at http://www.openphacts.org/registration-and-access-to-the-open-phacts-explorer where it seems like you HAVE to register - although actually there is a "Go to the Open PHACTS Explorer" link hidden underneath that enters http://explorer.openphacts.org/ (instead of explorer2)

[danidi]

Explorer 1 is actually still the official version, we didn't publicly announce Explorer 2 yet. For the registration, it's not compulsory (you can directly move to the actual page), but helps us to get an overview on how many people are using it.

[stain]

I won't comment any further on Explorer 2 not being considered released yet

• not my call. :)

I think the registration might still scare away potential/casual users as it seems like a "for special club only" feature. (See various Grid projects).

http://www.openphacts.org/explorer should have a big yellow button with "Open PHACTS Explorer" (you can point this to http://www.openphacts.org/registration-and-access-to-the-open-phacts-explorer to lure out some registrations)

• and instead of the "Go to " link on http://www.openphacts.org/registration-and-access-to-the-open-phacts-explorer
• add the same big button and put bold on "Optional".

If I DO register - then it's unclear how to proceed to the explorer as it looks like I have to wait for an email (which I might forget). Adding the big button might help - but the ability to proceed directly should be mention in the popup as well.

On 19 January 2015 at 13:16, danidi notifications@github.com wrote:

Explorer 1 is actually still the official version, we didn't publicly announce Explorer 2 yet. For the registration, it's not compulsory (you can directly move to the actual page), but helps us to get an overview on how many people are using it.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/openphacts/GLOBAL/issues/225#issuecomment-70490480.

Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team School of Computer Science The University of Manchester http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/work/ http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718

[stain]

The email I received just says:

Dear Stian Soiland-Reyes!

Thank you very much for your registration to the Open PHACTS Explorer.

Best regards, the Open PHACTS team

and does not link to the explorer. So if I go back to the same pages it looks like I have to register again...

On 19 January 2015 at 13:34, Stian Soiland-Reyes < soiland-reyes@cs.manchester.ac.uk> wrote:

I won't comment any further on Explorer 2 not being considered released yet - not my call. :)

I think the registration might still scare away potential/casual users as it seems like a "for special club only" feature. (See various Grid projects).

http://www.openphacts.org/explorer should have a big yellow button with "Open PHACTS Explorer" (you can point this to http://www.openphacts.org/registration-and-access-to-the-open-phacts-explorer to lure out some registrations)

• and instead of the "Go to " link on http://www.openphacts.org/registration-and-access-to-the-open-phacts-explorer
• add the same big button and put bold on "Optional".

If I DO register - then it's unclear how to proceed to the explorer as it looks like I have to wait for an email (which I might forget). Adding the big button might help - but the ability to proceed directly should be mention in the popup as well.

On 19 January 2015 at 13:16, danidi notifications@github.com wrote:

Explorer 1 is actually still the official version, we didn't publicly announce Explorer 2 yet. For the registration, it's not compulsory (you can directly move to the actual page), but helps us to get an overview on how many people are using it.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/openphacts/GLOBAL/issues/225#issuecomment-70490480.

Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team School of Computer Science The University of Manchester http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/work/ http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718

Stian Soiland-Reyes, myGrid team School of Computer Science The University of Manchester http://soiland-reyes.com/stian/work/ http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9842-9718

[danidi]

Good point about adding the link to the email. I've forwarded your suggestions to Anika, but they are currently working on a completely new page for the foundation anyways.

[danidi]

Anika changed the registration page a bit, it is now seen that the registration is optional, and the link to the Explorer is given first. http://www.openphacts.org/registration-and-access-to-the-open-phacts-explorer. We'll also add the direct link to the email notification.

[danidi]

The email notification is now: Dear ,

Thank you very much for your registration to the Open PHACTS Explorer!

Please click the following link to use the Open PHACTS Explorer (https://explorer.openphacts.org/).

This is the first public release (http://www.openphacts.org/explorer-release-notes) of the Open PHACTS Explorer, and we look forward to and value your feedback and comments (http://www.openphacts.org/feedback).

If you need any further help please visit our support portal under https://support.openphacts.org or contact support@openphacts.org.

Best regards,

The Open PHACTS team

[ianwdunlop]

Maybe we should also add a link to explorer2 and point out that we are transitioning towards it.

[Chris-Evelo]

Probably also put a task somewhere (in the release plan if we have that) that that notification should be updated when Explorer2 really is released

[danidi]

As the whole page will be replaced soon anyways, with the new one pointing to explorer 2, we didn't want to change it too much now.