I love this for testing!! We should test an newer kernel too lime thr git
version i foubd some problems with it. I cannot describe it yet but I'll let
you knowSent via the Samsung Galaxy S22 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Jim Hall via Freedos-devel
<freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Date: 2/17/25 16:40 (GMT-06:00) To:
freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Jim Hall <jh...@freedos.org> Subject:
[Freedos-devel] Usability testing on www.freedos.org A colleague teaches a
university course on usability testing, andasked if FreeDOS could be a client
for his students this semester.This isn't a bad time to do another usability
test -- I've beenthinking about doing more cleanup on the website, and this
test shouldhelp find any "rough spots that might need to be addressed.So I
agreed to have the students test the website. We should havetheir test results
in May, and I'll share the results then.Here's a summary of the information I
shared with the students doingthe usability test:We have 3 basic types of
users:1. People who want to play classic DOS games (DOOM, Commander Keen, ..)2.
People who want to run classic DOS apps (Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect, ..)3. People
who want to make new DOS programs (developers)These came from the survey we did
a few years ago. I also shared thatsome folks download FreeDOS so they can
install a motherboard BIOSupdate, but this is becoming more rare these days.I
described the users in two basic categories:1. People who know a lot about DOS.
These are probably people on thislist, plus some folks who were around in the
DOS days and want to tryFreeDOS. These people won't need a lot of help about
how to useFreeDOS; they probably just want to see what's new, and download
thelatest distribution. For folks who know DOS but just found FreeDOS, Ialso
said these people would likely know how to use DOS, but may notknow the
specific features in FreeDOS.2. People who don't know anything about DOS but
they want to download& install FreeDOS anyway. These are the "newbies" we see
on the emaillist sometimes, and on Facebook, and elsewhere. Some might
bedevelopers who want to try "retroprogramming" and others might want torun
FreeDOS to explore "retrocomputing" (yes, both of those are trendsnow). They
will need a lot more help.Stats:- We average about 10,000 unique visitors on
the website every week(average over the last month: 10,306 weekly unique
visitors, based onlog analysis)- I don't know how many people download the
FreeDOS distribution (Idon't have those stats .. make your own guesses here,
but if I assume"half the unique visitors" then that's 5,000 per week?)- Most
visitors are on a desktop system (average over the last month:85% desktop, 15%
mobile)- Overwhelmingly, the most popular pages on the website are
the"Download" page (www.freedos.org/download) and the home
page(www.freedos.org/). After that, there's a *huge* dropoff on hits, thenit's
the different "about" pages.- Most of our visitors are in the US and Europe,
then (after a biggap) it's Russia and South America, then another gap before
othercountries/regions.I shared these goals:1. What I need: I'm planning to
update the website over the summer, soI'm looking for what areas to improve on
the website. The studentswill also share recommendations for changes.2. What is
success: I want people to find the information they need bybrowsing the
website, without having to email me or the email listwith a question that we've
seen a bunch of
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