<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Kevin Funk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:krf@gmx.de" target="_blank">krf@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hey guys,<br>
<br>
There is a usability workshop during Akademy this year where one can get<br>
his/her applications tested by a volunteer who's unaware of the application in<br>
use. KDevelop would fit into this workshop perfectly well, because, ahem, I<br>
think it's still somewhat rough to get started with it at first.<br>
<br>
Jos likes to have at least two developers per app. I don't really consider<br>
myself a core developer now, but proficient enough to guide users through<br>
KDevelop. Does anyone else want to join me in the workshop? Then I'd send the<br>
application to Jos so we could get KDevelop dismantled by usability people. ;)<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
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Betreff: Usability Workshops<br>
Datum: Montag, 8. Juli 2013, 18:26:44<br>
Von: Jos Poortvliet <<a href="mailto:jospoortvliet@gmail.com">jospoortvliet@gmail.com</a>><br>
An: <a href="mailto:akademy-attendees@kde.org">akademy-attendees@kde.org</a><br>
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Heya folk!<br>
<br>
One of our resident usability experts, Björn Balazs, will team up with yours<br>
truly to host a Usability Workshop on Monday.<br>
<br>
The plan will be more or less as follows:<br>
* We center the session around one or a small number of applications. This<br>
will be decided, as much as possible, in advance of the sessions.<br>
* Björn will introduce the sessions with some theory about user tests and<br>
usability.<br>
* we find a volunteer from the audience who isn't experienced with the<br>
application in question<br>
* we let a developers from the application guide the user through the app,<br>
asking questions (avoiding suggestive ones). Björn guides the developer<br>
through this.<br>
* afterward we discuss the results. Perhaps the developers can hack on their<br>
app now, in any case: everybody did learn something.<br>
<br>
I have booked 10:30-12:30 and 14:00-16:00 on Monday room B3 for two sessions.<br>
With great demand we could add sessions (or have less if nobody cares).<br>
<br>
>From you folks, especially the developers who participate in Akademy, I'd like<br>
to know if you're interested in having your application be the victim.<br>
<br>
A few things to note:<br>
* Ideally, at least 2 developers are present<br>
* Ideally, it is possible to find people unfamiliar with the application (very<br>
hard for Dolphin and Gwenview, for example)<br>
* This type of usability testing tends to show the Real Bad Stuff™, it's not<br>
terribly good at fine tuning an already quite good application.<br>
<br>
So who's up for having his/her app checked out?<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Björn and Jos<br>
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</blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I don't know if KDevelop is the best project to participate. When I saw the e-mail I considered it, but I discarded it because KDevelop is intrinsically complex and something that one has to learn how to use to some extent. Also KDevelop is not a tool /everybody/ can use, some development knowledge is required, with the culture this carries.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I agree though that we could get some good ideas to benefit from eventually, but then we can also work on our UI as well. I don't think the responsibility of the current state is lack of ideas. If that's the case, </div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">TBH, I'd rather gathering ourselves in the BoF and around beer during the event and discussing the project thoroughly and figuring out a roadmap in the short to mid term.</div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Aleix</div></div>