[KDE Usability] Mini Usability Testing Ideas?

[Dotan Cohen]

>> There is a severe issue with setting Desktop Details:
>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=182823
>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205330
>
> this doesn't require a usability test to figure out, it requires the author of
> this control panel to fix his code. there's a maintenance responsibility for
> things you put into kde. i'm at the point with this control panel that if it
> isn't improved for 4.4 i will be removing it.
>

If it was a design decision, then it does require a usability test. If
it was a workaround then it just needs a solution.


> by the by, i don't think the problem is "severe", either. it doesn't cause
> loss of data, it's not impossible to work around, it isn't even something that
> is required to interact with in normal usage. it's an advanced tweaking
> feature and is currently a bit broken in its implementation.
>

You are right, I should not have said "severe". While the issue is an
extreme usability issue, it is in an obscure setting and does not
cause data loss. Definitely not severe.

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