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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: K-Menu/Xandros Launch
From:       "Michael E. Peligro" <optimus () philwebinc ! com>
Date:       2002-09-21 10:10:40
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On Saturday 21 September 2002 04:38 pm, Michael Pye wrote:

> In interesting take on the skewed view of a monopoly in their usability
> labs though. 

Integrated file-viewing and web-browsing with Internet Explorer. 
Usability-wise, it's great. Monopolistically, it's a springboard for attack 
on Netscape :-(. 

Integrated file-viewing and web-browsing with Konqueror? It's a dynamite 
combination (Nautilus, here's your clue!)

> Competition makes us smarter than them, if only we could get
> some labs to take advantage of that.

We can get "free all-volunteer usability labs" from eager Linux user groups. 
We standardize the testing procedures and provide them with KDE apps fresh 
from CVS. Get them to test these apps on as many newbies as they can, graph 
the statistics, compile observation reports, them communicate these to both 
usability and app developers. Linux user groups in universities can be tapped 
to do this. Universities have audio-visual equipment (cameras, etc..) they 
can borrow for a very minimal cost (if not free), instead of contacting 
"for-pay" commercial usability labs.

Remuneration can be made to them by giving them free-publicity in the KDE 
contributors group. 

Hope the above scheme is workable.

Regards,
Michael

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