Prep for KDE HIG test

[Celeste Lyn Paul]

Hey all, 

Participant recruiting is almost complete!  There is still some preparation 
necessary before the test.

*) Demo HIG

http://test.openusability.org/wiki_ou/index.php/KDE4_Guidelines

This is a link to the IA I will be testing, it lives in the previous KDE HIG 
Wiki.  The content does not have to be complete, however I do need some of 
the guidelines (ones related to each other would be best) filled out in order 
to have higher fidelity to the prototype.

Most of this work entails translating the current guidelines and content we 
have in the Wiki plus some of the guidelines developed and discussed on the 
mailing list in to this format.  If any of you have a few minutes during your 
day where you remember a guideline or see a screen which would make a good 
sample screenshot, PLEASE drop some of that content in. It doesnt have to be 
100% correct or 100% approved (I am testing the organization and layout of 
concepts, not the content).

*) Test protocol

For this user test, I plan on using a think aloud protocol while users 
complete something similar to a reverse card sort.  Users will get several 
items or concepts to find in the architecture and may comment on the design 
and discuss their decisions as they complete each objective.  This activity 
is similar to testing scenarios except the objectives are much smaller chunks 
of tasks and many more of different types can be completed.

I am asking you for help in developing a list of these card sort items.  For 
the most part, some of the content will be necessary for these particular 
items which is why this is related to the first point.

A sample item would be "What are the capitalization rules for list items in a 
dialog box?".  Obviously information on that rule would have to be present in 
the demo HIG in order for the user to be able to find (or not find) that 
answer.

Perhaps this second point would be good to ask the devel community?  What 
kinds of questions would they ask themselves while they are using 
documentation?

I would really appreciate some feedback and help on these items.  Work on the 
HIG has been going along very well and I would like to keep up the pace so we 
have the meat and potatoes of the document for the KDE4 developers as soon as 
possible.

Thanks!

~ Celeste

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Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org
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