Description
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Kubernetes Headlamp UI: UX Audit and Design Improvements for Plugins
Description:
Headlamp is a Kubernetes UI that supports a growing ecosystem of plugins, including integrations with CNCF projects like Flux, KEDA, and Falco. As the number and complexity of these plugins grow, ensuring a consistent, intuitive, and user-friendly experience becomes increasingly important. This project will focus on conducting UX audits of existing Headlamp plugins, identifying usability issues, and proposing design improvements. It will also explore user personas (e.g., operators vs. developers) to inform design decisions and help shape the future of plugin UX in Headlamp.
Expected Outcome:
A design-led UX audit and improvement initiative that includes:
- A review of selected Headlamp plugins to identify usability issues and inconsistencies
- User research and persona development to better understand plugin audiences
- Design proposals and mockups for improving plugin UIs and workflows
- Collaboration with technical mentors to help implement selected improvements
- Optional exploration of UX needs for recent Kubernetes features or under-designed areas in Headlamp