Usability Workshops

Kevin Funk krf at gmx.de
Sat Jul 13 12:24:45 UTC 2013


Am Mittwoch, 10. Juli 2013, 01:39:51 schrieb 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

Alright, let's try to discuss a bit at the BoF then first.

Looking forward to that.

Cheers

-- 
Kevin Funk


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