Usability Workshops

[Aleix Pol]

On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Kevin Funk <krf at gmx.de> wrote:

> 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
>

Are you at Akademy already? I haven't seen you yet.

Also I don't know what you look like, I think....

Aleix
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