Subject for usability testing

[Jaroslaw Staniek]

On 24 January 2011 17:59, Boudewijn Rempt <boud at valdyas.org> wrote:
> On Sunday 23 January 2011, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
>
>> I think dockers are more intensively discussed these weeks, with some
>> code appearing here ant there. So the answer IMHO would be: dockers.
>> Regarding startup, asking them about the current startup dialog would
>> result in notes we already more or less have (and probably some new).
>> So after we collect all the expected observations regarding the
>> startup, e.g. on the wiki pages like [1], the students' usability test
>> will be more than useful to validate correctness of the observati
>
> I would very much prefer to start from scratch here -- not try to fix issues with the current startup screen, or even with
> mockups based on the current mechanism, but go back to the roots.

Boud,
We yet have to know what it means to get back to the roots...

I started from scratch (e.g. compare the current and the proposed
"recent documents GUI" functionally and visually).
The reason why I used the Oxygen style is simple: we'll use Oxygen
style as default.
So far there's no implementation details present on mockups.
Look that the mechanisms proposed there are very different to what is
used today.
Even as far as I can see, it's not compatible with the current
KMainWindow implementation (e.g. because of the "file" menu item).

A note regarding reusing. Good usability seeks to reuse familiar
concepts like menus in this or other way so the ui elements are
recognized with no mental challenges. Good UX adds some elegance and
consistency to the presentation layer.

Feel free to add observations and we'll discuss. Then I propose to
validate what we devleoped (various variants are welcome after all,
the wiki is capable..) using the usability toolset with the offered
students' help.

-- 
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