Shaun Andrews

Category: WordPress

  • Link Inserter, Iteration One

    A very early design of the Link Inserter interface in WordPress. Experimental at the time this post was published.

  • Deleting a few plugins…

  • The Past Few Weeks

    The blog has been fairly quiet for the past few weeks, and with good reason! I’ve been in “mole mode,” working on a few WordPress plugins with the hope of getting them accepted into Core for the 3.8 release schedule to launch in early December. I’m happy to report that all three plugins have been…

  • More Widget User Testing

    I ran another in-person user test last week, this time going over the tabbed widget prototype and the new widget customizer prototype. Check out the video below: [wpvideo 4LuoMtZa]

  • Widget Mission Control

    Another day, another late-night concept video. This time I’m back on widgets. The tabbed prototype I’ve been working on is really taking shape and feeling nice. But, its biggest strength is also its biggest weakness: You can only see one sidebar at a time. I’ve been toying with the idea of an “all sidebars” view…

  • Viewing and Comparing Media Items

    Spent a little time hooking up some ideas for ways to view and compare items from your WordPress media library. Check out the video. Would you find this useful? [wpvideo aXWlQZO0]

  • Resize media library thumbnails on the fly.

    Far from perfect, this slider lets you change the size of the thumbnails in the media library. See a bunch of smaller images at once, or zoom in and see bigger images. [wpvideo 7U0xVSKj]

  • Toying with Media Library Interactions

    I’ve been playing with some interactions and styles for the Media Library, with the goal of making it easier to browse and manage your media in WordPress. Check out the video and tell me what you think. [wpvideo CazqQ1sp]

  • More Widgets User Testing

    Last night, I create a user test for the recently updated widgets prototype. About 30 minutes later, I had this super awesome video of a real person using the prototype and talking about his thoughts and experience: (beware the loud cough at the beginning) [wpvideo LxDbNbEd] This one went very well. And it seems that…

  • Widgets Prototype, Take 2

    I’ve continued work on the Widgets prototype, this time taking some cue’s from Ben’s user test. His comments about the modal “being in the way” really struck a chord with me. This latest iteration removes the modal all together, in favor of a list of available widgets. Check out the video and let me know…