From kde-usability Mon May 01 22:33:07 2006 From: "Chi Shang Cheng" Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 22:33:07 +0000 To: kde-usability Subject: amaroK usability report Message-Id: <8e5359a90605011533u639948a3x664e84cd0c2fc107 () mail ! gmail ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-usability&m=114652287701617 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============1056017890==" --===============1056017890== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_12362_27395388.1146522787797" ------=_Part_12362_27395388.1146522787797 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I have conducted a quick heuristic evaluation of amaroK. Abstract: After a short heuristic evaluation of Amarok, a total of 41 usability issue= s were found. Only 8 issues of low severity were found, 11 were marked medium= , and the remaining 22 issues considered highly severe. Most of the issues were related to design flaws. The application was not tested for task-oriented usability. Even though the application functioned properly from a technical perspective, attention should be given to a more aesthetic user interface design in the future. I wished MS Word could handle images better... the spacing isn't correct here and there, but it's the content that matters. :) I have tried to upload the report on OpenUsability.org, but it didn't work. Hopefully, the following URL should work: http://chishangcheng.googlepages.com/amaroKusabilityreport.pdf It should be noted that this evaluation was not thorough. I'm planning to d= o some more usability work on amaroK after 1.4 final release. Hopefully, most issues that I have addressed can be fixed in time for 1.4. :) Comments are welcome! Chi Shang ------=_Part_12362_27395388.1146522787797 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline I have conducted a quick heuristic evaluation of amaroK.

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After a short heuristic evaluation of Amarok, a total of 41 usability issues were found. = Only 8 issues of low severity were found, 11 were marked medium, and the remaini= ng 22 issues considered highly severe.
Most of the = issues were related to design flaws. The application was not tested for task-orien= ted usability. Even though the application functioned properly from a technical perspective, attention should be given to a more aesthetic user interface design in the future.

I wished MS Word could handle images better... the spacing isn't co= rrect here and there, but it's the content that matters. :)

I have t= ried to upload the report on OpenUsability.org, but it didn't work. Hopeful= ly, the following URL should work:=20 = http://chishangcheng.googlepages.com/amaroKusabilityreport.pdf
It sh= ould be noted that this evaluation was not thorough. I'm planning to do som= e more usability work on amaroK after=20 1.4 final release. Hopefully, most issues that I have addressed can be fixe= d in time for 1.4. :)

Comments are welcome!

Chi Shang
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