[Sugar-devel] Call for testing

[Tomeu Vizoso]

On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 15:36, Christian Marc Schmidt
<christianmarc at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sugar Design Group:
>
>
> I enjoyed the meeting yesterday, and think we ended up making several good
> decisions. However, regarding the Home view, I am now beginning to wonder if
> we are doing the right thing by hastily changing the design without
> conducting a proper qualitative study.
> I am only questioning it because I feel that, with every major design
> change, it would be best if we had real evidence, beyond just the anecdotal.
> Ideally, I envision the design team being a part of these observations, and
> systematically testing design decisions in the field with a number of
> participants. It need not be more than say a sampling of 20-30 students of
> various age-groups, but the insight from these observations could really
> drive us to make more informed design decisions, based on more than just our
> opinions (which, as we saw yesterday, tends to lead to compromise).
> So, I personally think that we are at a point where we should try and
> arrange for some user-testing for the design group, however we facilitate
> it, before proceeding with any revisions to the existing design (though I
> wouldn't want that to hold us back from adding any additional features like
> the thumbnail view, that continue to build out the UI to match the original
> design intent). I have a little experience putting together qualitative test
> protocols, and while I'm not sure exactly how to facilitate these testing
> sessions, I think some of you may have ideas.
> What do you think? Should we use our meeting next Saturday to discuss our
> options for testing?

Maybe Gerald's deployment in New York would be a good fit?

Regards,

Tomeu

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