A flurry of great tweets today from Prof. Ewan Birney are worthy of a quick post.
This is a good follow on from an earlier one that I also blogged.
Some mini-moans about web grant management systems. 1: Make sure your text is not mini; unclutter your screens
— Ewan Birney (@ewanbirney) May 9, 2015
2. It’s fine to insist on a strong password, regularly changing (if you must) but at least make sure this plays well with a local keychain.
— Ewan Birney (@ewanbirney) May 9, 2015
(and no, the average scientists is going to have 15 or so of these things, so we’re going to write them down somewhere. Trust the keychain)
— Ewan Birney (@ewanbirney) May 9, 2015
3. Make it *very* clear whether a task has been completed. Have *big* you must do this next buttons. Don’t make us hunt for what to do next
— Ewan Birney (@ewanbirney) May 9, 2015
4. Bonus points for any e-Grant system that starts to slurp CV information via an ORCiD feed rather than having a unique form >>
— Ewan Birney (@ewanbirney) May 9, 2015
<< I appreciate ORCiDs have only been around for a short time, so think of this for your next iteration.
— Ewan Birney (@ewanbirney) May 9, 2015
5. Keep your automated reminders (eg, for peer review) polite, and indicate clearly the last time things need to be in, time zone aware
— Ewan Birney (@ewanbirney) May 9, 2015
6. For your next iteration, do a modicum of user-centred design; most eGrants things will improve 100% once you talk to real users
— Ewan Birney (@ewanbirney) May 9, 2015
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