SoU

[Thomas Pf.]

Hi Fabio,
welcome to the mailing list!
@Amarok Team: It would be good if we thought about where user testing and/or 
an expert review would be most helpful. Here are some points where I think 
we're not really sure how best to handle things:

- Navigation in services. I personally think breadcrumbs plus arrows would do, 
but I'm not sure. We could compare different versions there (for example 
breadcrumb and arrows, breadcrumb only, an accordion menu and Markey's test 
with the arrow thing on the left).
- The playlist toolbar (what Icons would be best for most users? Would a 
configurable toolbar be welcomed by users? Do we need a way to hide it?)
- The configurable UI layout (Are many users likely to change the layout? Does 
it work for all user types?)
- Equalizer (where to configure it? Is everything about well understood?)

This is not a final list, of course, just some thoughts to hopefully get 
discussion stared. We don't get to use a professional usability lab including 
professional researchers to conduct tests in it everyday so should make good 
use of that opportunity! And a review by people with a fresh view from the 
outside often gives great insights as well.

Regards,
Thomas

> Hi all,
> I'm Fabio a student working on the Amarok project for Season of
> Usability and I met some of you on Amrok IRC chat last week.
> As you know, a lot of issues on the playlist have already been
> explored from Celeste, and they have been already put on the list of
> Amarok's roadmap; since the new release is scheduled for
> october/november I can test some nightly build in the university
> usability lab,  and I would like to ask you which are the topic of
> your interest.
> Teo told us that the current UI is only for testing and will be redone
> from scratch, so I could make some heuristic evaluations of UI scratch
> and submit my own mokup.
> At the same time I could do some users profile.
> Let me know yours opinions.
>
> Fabio
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