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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Why I don't stay involved
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-06-28 21:02:03
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On Friday 28 June 2002 01:03 pm, Robert Watkins wrote:
> I would be encouraged if I were to see a majority
> of the discussion centered around topics like
> "Testing prototypes remotely", "Prototype
> creation tools", "Developing Usability Studies",
> "Interpreting Usability Studies", "Strategic
> plans for Usability in KDE" etc.

You can't expect developers who know nothing about such issues to start such a 
discussion, now can you?

The only thing I can add is that qtdesigner (uic) is the closest that we have 
as far as "Prototype creation tools" go.

> I realize that the tone of this letter can be
> seen as "This sucks and I won't help to fix it",
> but that would be an oversimplification. I truly
> appreciate all the time and effort that has been
> put into this discussion since it's inception and
> have no complaints about the abilities of the
> people involved or the value of their work. My
> point is that I don't believe this discussion
> group focues enough on Usability as I, and many
> others, know it to be.

You are probably right, but then the hard question is: "how to improve it?"

Cheers,
Waldo
-- 
bastian@kde.org  |   SuSE Labs KDE Developer  |  bastian@suse.com

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