Sinking the sources box, and other interface changes
May 31, 2013
This week, we rolled out a number of user interface changes on the profile page. The changes are in response to some valuable feedback that people gave when we conducted user testing. For example, we found out that users often are not interested in knowing the sources of the information in a profile and were sometimes confused by the text below the profile summary. In response, we've moved the box of sources down below the profile; somewhat like footnotes. We've also made a distinction between ratings and reviews, where we call the numerical score a rating, and the textual comment a review. Many sources will have both a numerical component as well as a text component. Some only have text, and others only have a numerical score. In general, we try to summarize the numerical scores. We also introduced a button on the profile page near the top right corner to help people go back to the search results page if that's where they came from.
We're not done with revisions from this latest round of testing, so don't be surprised if you see more changes. As always, please let us know if you have any suggestions.