[Kde-pim] Usability testing

[Martin Bednar]

Le jeudi, février 26, 2015 11:59:48 PM Thomas Pfeiffer a écrit :
> On Thursday 26 February 2015 01:56:21 Aleix Pol wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 6:06 PM, Martin Bednar <serafean at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I'm a student at the Czech Technical University in Prague, and this
> > > semester I enrolled in a course on GUI design and Usability testing.
> > > Liking KDEPIM very much, and being allowed to chose my own project, I'd
> > > like to work on Kontact (mainly kmail and its ability to sign/encrypt
> > > messages). This being my first time, I can't make any guarantees as to
> > > the outcome.
> > > Somme of the milestones I have are :
> > > -a review of the current state
> > > -creation of personas
> > > -mockups to enhance the current state.
> > > 
> > > As I'd like the results to be useful, I'm contacting you to know whether
> > > there is an interest in such an activity, and also if there are any
> > > materials pertaining to this topic.
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Martin Bednar.
> > 
> > Hi Martin,
> > I'm CC'ing Thomas and Björn, who have worked on that in the past, they
> > might know about the different present materials.
> > 
> > I'm sure something interesting can come out of this! :)
> > 
> > Good luck!
> > Aleix
> 
> Hi Martin,
> yes, Aleix has pointed to (two of the) right people for this topic!
> One resource I'd like to point you to is the "Concept" page of the KDE Human
> Interface Guidelines [1] that briefly describes the recommended way to
> approach the concept phase of user interface design. It also links to the
> generic KDE personas [2] (they were created during KDE 4 times but are
> still relevant today) which you should consider as well.
> Feel free to run your output by the KDE usability team (consisting of Björn,
> me, and Heiko Tietze, also CC'd) for feedback.
> I wish you all the best for your interesting project,
> Thomas
> 
> [1] https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/HIG/Concept
> [2] https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Usability/Principles/KDE4_Personas


Hi,

I read through both documents, and I will use them as a starting point :)

My current plan right now is : for each persona try identifying how they would use an email 
client and its encryption/signing abilities. In other words, create a story/many stories.
Then try using kmail to fit those stories.
Another thing that I'd like to think about is "why" would they each prefer an offline client 
versus an online app.

Sandro : From what I know, KWallet supports using GNUPG for encryption. I propose tying 
that to email signing/decryption as a default. It works for me : my current setup is 
encrypting the wallet and signing/decrypting mails using the same key. Any thoughts? (Just 
an initial idea...)

Thanks again for the warm welcome.

Cheers,

Martin
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