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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Some new stuff
From:       Jim Conner <jconner83 () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2001-08-08 0:06:41
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Quite true.  But since this is a new list and a new project we are trying to 
establish a method of doing this.  I can't wait till we get the usability 
testing in full swing and reports comming in quite often.  I don't want this 
to be an extension of  bugs.kde.org, but their format is pretty good for 
keeping track of what is going on and status of stuff.  We will need this so 
we can maintain what is in the database.   Not only the maintainers, but 
everyone can submit a report about a certain app.  This can be their 
friend(new linux user) observations about a certain app.  Since I'm the 
Kicker maintainer, I don't want to have to do all the reports.  I want more 
than one point of view.  I do plan on working with a few friends of mine to 
get some feedback from them.  My proposed database is just IMHO a good way of 
keeping track of this.  It will also tell us if and when the usability issues 
have been addressed.  We will also be able to comment in there if the 
proposed changes in usability make for a coding nightmare.  I was just trying 
to design a flexable robust database that we could use to achieve what we 
want.  Please note that my suggestions are only that, my suggestions.  They 
are always on a take it or leave it basis.  I won't be offended if everyone 
thinks that my suggestions are off track.  I have been wrong once or twice in 
my life. :)  Since KDE2.2 is to be released on 8/13, most of the usability 
reports that are written now will need to be re-evaluated after then.  I hope 
that more people get involved to not only submit suggestions to this mailing 
list, but to get friends and family to evaluate certain applications and 
either submit usability reports or send them here so we can discuss them.

Jim

On Tuesday August 07, 2001  5:03 pm, Adriaan de Groot wrote:
> Well, it *now* sounds like the usability stuff is becoming a "sanitized,
> sensibilized" bugs.kde.org -- where report maintainers summarize a bunch of
> bugs from bugs.kde.org and elsewhere and send that off. Is that really what
> you want?
>
> As a developer, I keep pretty good track of the bugs in my app (even if
> some of them are still open after 245 days) and then the usability reports
> don't have much to add (specially if i'm writing them :) ).
>
> What I *would* appreciate is someone going over the app and saying "you
> disregarded the style guide here, here and here. Here are typo's in
> strings. I don't understand how this works." But that's more a job for a
> discussion about usability testers, not this thread on what needs to be in
> reports.

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