Usability Workshops

[Aleix Pol]

On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 1:08 AM, Kevin Funk <krf at gmx.de> wrote:

> Hey guys,
>
> There is a usability workshop during Akademy this year where one can get
> his/her applications tested by a volunteer who's unaware of the
> application in
> use. KDevelop would fit into this workshop perfectly well, because, ahem, I
> think it's still somewhat rough to get started with it at first.
>
> Jos likes to have at least two developers per app. I don't really consider
> myself a core developer now, but proficient enough to guide users through
> KDevelop. Does anyone else want to join me in the workshop? Then I'd send
> the
> application to Jos so we could get KDevelop dismantled by usability
> people. ;)
>
> Cheers
>
> ----------  Weitergeleitete Nachricht  ----------
>
> Betreff: Usability Workshops
> Datum: Montag, 8. Juli 2013, 18:26:44
> Von: Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet at gmail.com>
> An: akademy-attendees at kde.org
>
> Heya folk!
>
> One of our resident usability experts, Björn Balazs, will team up with
> yours
> truly to host a Usability Workshop on Monday.
>
> The plan will be more or less as follows:
> * We center the session around one or a small number of applications. This
> will be decided, as much as possible, in advance of the sessions.
> * Björn will introduce the sessions with some theory about user tests and
> usability.
> * we find a volunteer from the audience who isn't experienced with the
> application in question
> * we let a developers from the application guide the user through the app,
> asking questions (avoiding suggestive ones). Björn guides the developer
> through this.
> * afterward we discuss the results. Perhaps the developers can hack on
> their
> app now, in any case: everybody did learn something.
>
> I have booked 10:30-12:30 and 14:00-16:00 on Monday room B3 for two
> sessions.
> With great demand we could add sessions (or have less if nobody cares).
>
> From you folks, especially the developers who participate in Akademy, I'd
> like
> to know if you're interested in having your application be the victim.
>
> A few things to note:
> * Ideally, at least 2 developers are present
> * Ideally, it is possible to find people unfamiliar with the application
> (very
> hard for Dolphin and Gwenview, for example)
> * This type of usability testing tends to show the Real Bad Stuff™, it's
> not
> terribly good at fine tuning an already quite good application.
>
> So who's up for having his/her app checked out?
>
> Cheers,
> Björn and Jos
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I don't know if KDevelop is the best project to participate. When I saw the
e-mail I considered it, but I discarded it because KDevelop is
intrinsically complex and something that one has to learn how to use to
some extent. Also KDevelop is not a tool /everybody/ can use, some
development knowledge is required, with the culture this carries.

I agree though that we could get some good ideas to benefit from
eventually, but then we can also work on our UI as well. I don't think the
responsibility of the current state is lack of ideas. If that's the case,

TBH, I'd rather gathering ourselves in the BoF and around beer during the
event and discussing the project thoroughly and figuring out a roadmap in
the short to mid term.

Aleix
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