Labs/Chocolate Factory/Specs

Proposed Functionality for 0.1:

The following list is a high-level functionality overview with limited details about the proposed functionality. The purpose of this document is to determine the 0.1 high-level functionality requirements.

The list is ordered by page type. "[->]" marks a reference to a different page type.

Homepage

• Browse / explore concepts [->]
  • Browse by date submitted, last activity, rating, highest activity, most viewed, status (idea/mockup/prototype) [->]
  • Select by tag cloud
  • Search
• Showcase selected concepts (selection mechanism TBD)
• Explanation of Concept Series/Chocolate Factory
• Submit Concept [->]
• User Management [->]
  • Login (if that required)
• Links: About, FAQ, etc.

Submit Concept Page

• Add new concept
  • Status (idea/mockup/concept)
  • Title (short)
  • Overview (short - 256 chars)
  • In case of concept being hosted on Chocolate Factory:
  • Description
  • Images/Videos/Links (optional)
  • In case of concept being hosted externaly (e.g. personal blog):
  • Link
  • Checkbox: Ping me when someone comments on this concept (via email/twitter)

Browse Concept Page - Single View

• Single-page view of selected concept

• Add new comment
  • Type (suggestion/question/comment)
  • Text
• Edit comment (user needs to be logged in)

• Vote on concept ('star' a concept)

• Tag a concept

• Add to concept (e.g. add mockup to existing idea)
  • based on the current status
    • idea: Add a mockup, Add a prototype, Add a different idea (fork)
    • mockup: Add a prototype, Add a different mockup (fork)
    • prototype: Add a different prototype (fork), ....
  • Status (idea/mockup/concept)
  • Title (short / pre-filled)
  • Overview (short - 256 chars / pre-filled)
  • In case of concept being hosted on Chocolate Factory:
    • Description (pre-filled)
  • Images/Videos/Links (optional)
  • In case of concept being hosted externaly (e.g. personal blog):
  • Link

Suggestion: I think we should allow pictures in the comments. Hence, people can give visual feedback to the concept, such as, a suggested changes/improvements in term of layout or position of certain UI elements.

Browse Concept Page - List View

• List views can be filtered by status (idea/mockup/prototype)
• List items are linked to Browse Concept Page - Single View [->]

Note: it is important to give a clean overview (snapshot) of each concept. Flickr does it very well for pictures.

User Management

• Create Account
  • Username
  • Email
  • Twitter Account (for notifications)
  • Website
  • Password
  • Accept licensing terms (CC-BY license)
• Login/Logout
• Forgot password
• Change password/username/email
• Show my concepts
• Show concepts I commented on

Additional Functionality (Proposals)

• Can people collaborate if they feel like doing so...let us say I see a concept and it triggers an idea...How do I add to it...should I collaborate or may be add to it...would be nice if something great comes out that way !

• Possible sharing (Twitter, e-mail, etc.) of concepts after voting. (After voting to control this getting abused - you have to earn the right to share, as it were). <-- Just curious: How could sharing be abused?

Beyond 0.1:

• richer user profiles
  • affiliated organization
  • title/function
  • education
  • ...
• rating concept based on different scales. possible factors could be:
  • technical feasibility
  • novelty
  • visual appeal
  • impact
• Rating
  • If we have some kind of rating scale like 1 star to 5 stars. I would like to see a summary similar to Amazon.com. It shows the percentage break down of each scale.