The plots-alpha mailing list is for a group of volunteers to be involved in designing, testing and providing feedback on the new Public Lab 2.0 website.

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Tasks

We're specifically asking the more adventuresome and patient of you all to volunteer to join the alpha testing group. We'll be asking folks in this group to:

• subscribe to an "plots-alpha" Google Group to be part of ongoing discussion and brainstorming
• respond to occasional requests for input, such as jotting down your thoughts on a new page design or process
• check how specific pages render in specific browsers & devices, and upload screenshots
• try out new interfaces and provide constructive criticism

Topics

• Look and feel - we're here now
• Finding stuff
• Authoring and editing
• Everyday use
• New and growing users
• Legacy features
• Power users and admins

Bug reporting

Report bugs on Github (or email web@publiclaboratory.org and we'll enter the bug for you) at:

https://github.com/jywarren/plots2/issues/new

Switching to the alpha site and back

You can now request (ask web@publiclaboratory.org) to see a small "alpha" button to the upper right of each page, allowing you to easily switch back and forth between the new and old websites. It looks like this:

Alternatively, you can use the bookmarklet -- click here to learn more.

Browser/OS survey

Stats on the alpha tester group, so we know if we have any blind spots: