[Kde-pim] Usability testing

[Michael S. Mikowski]

Hi Martin and others:

I am a kde-pim end-user and I follow this list.  One area of kde-pim that 
seems ripe for UX enhancement seems to be the Calendar app.  While it 
functions quite well, unless I am missing something, there is little ability 
to provide a clean, modern, and efficient interface.

Cheers, Mike



On Thursday, February 26, 2015 11:59:48 PM Thomas Pfeiffer wrote:
> 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
> 
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