[tor-bugs] #6679 [Compass]: Make Compass' website interface more intuitive (was: Compass UI is not very intuitive)

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#6679: Make Compass' website interface more intuitive
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 Reporter:  asn      |          Owner:     
     Type:  defect   |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal   |      Milestone:     
Component:  Compass  |        Version:     
 Keywords:           |         Parent:     
   Points:           |   Actualpoints:     
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Comment(by karsten):

 Replying to [ticket:6679 asn]:
 > For starters: I'm not exactly sure what compass.tpo is supposed to do. I
 saw it mentioned in #6662 but when I visited the website I was quite
 confused.
 >
 > Some comments:

 Thanks for the feedback!  Some issues are already known, so I'm going to
 add the ticket numbers here.  Others are new.  They are rather small, so
 we can probably keep them in this ticket.

 > a) Maybe the front page of compass should explain what it's supposed to
 do (like atlas does).

 #6639

 > b) I'm not sure what the results are when I hit 'Submit'. I get a list
 of relays, but I'm not sure why they are there or why they are sorted this
 way.

 This may become more when #6618 is implemented.  If not, we can change the
 default "Submit" to something more meaningful, and maybe add some text.

 > c) What is 'CW'? It seems that the default sorting is based on 'CW'.
 Maybe when you mouseover 'CW' it should display a small description of
 what it means (same for P_guard etc.).

 CW stands for consensus weight.  We might as well write it out in full
 there.  Or we could add mouseovers for a few things.  P_guard is the
 probability to be picked for the guard position.  You're right, these need
 mouseovers.

 > d) Initially I thought that AS39138 was the default value of AS, but it
 seems like it's an example. Maybe the example should be mentioned on the
 right of the text box (after the "select only relays from AS number"
 description)?

 Agreed, this could be made more clear.

 > e) What is the 'cancel' button supposed to be doing?

 A fine question.  I guess it's there because it's the default to have
 Submit and Cancel.  It can go away.

 > BTW I understand that compass is a new service and that it's perfectly
 normal for its UI to not be super user-friendly yet.

 Thanks for your feedback.  That's very valuable!

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