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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Usability study - some notes by the authors
From:       Mikolaj Machowski <mikmach () wp ! pl>
Date:       2004-03-29 10:58:42
Message-ID: 200403291258.42536.mikmach () wp ! pl
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Dnia pon 29. marca 2004 09:44, Ellen Reitmayr napisał:
> Hi,
>
> sorry, I did not check my email during the weekend.
> But I still want to add some notes on the discussion:
>
> As Jan wrote: There was no english translation of the study as it was
> intended as a basis for our LinuxUser article (which is written in
> German language only). However, the topics mentioned in the article are
> exactly the same as Jutta and I submitted a few weeks ago as KDE xml
> usability reports (in english language). Some of the topics have already
> been discussed, some have not. Hopefully, in a few weeks,
> openusability.org will provide a better platform to submit and organise
> such input, to make sure it won't get lost.
>
> Now some notes with respect to the contents:
> > > They have conducted tests on they don't say how many people and what
> > > kind
> > > of,
>
> We conducted an expert inspection (Jutta and me as the experts), based
> on the Linux Usability Study of summer 2003. That means we utilised the
> same tasks and inspected the same applications - with respect to the
> usability problems we identified then.
>
> > > 6. the user should somehow be able to oversee search criteria in
> > > kfind
>
> That means that currently, the search criteria is split over three tabs.
> The user should somehow be able to see which criteria is set. This topic
> has already been discussed (I think two weeks ago).
>
> > > 9. korganizer shouldn't use orange for icons, orange is generally
> > > perceived as a warning sign
> >
> > ? Red is a warning sign. Orange IMO is bad because it introduce new
> > color where it is not necessary. Most KDE default themes are blue,
> > orange arrows are too visible.
>
> Actually, when I first opened KOrganizer, I thought the icons were red.
> Jutta said its orange (maybe I'm a bit color blind 8-). Nevermind: What
> really matters is the fact, 

No, that also matters. If there is danger someone will mistake colour it 
is argument against that colour.

m.

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