Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-28 Thread alan c
Michael T wrote: > Hello, > > I couldn't decide where the best place was to post this to. If you feel > that this mailing list is not appropriate, and have an alternative > suggestion, I would be glad to hear it. > > Some of you may have noticed that I posted this as a comment to Bug 1. When

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-28 Thread Daniel Buch
> http://www.openusability.org/ I know KDE has Usability experts on > their team (Ellen Reitmayr and others). There was an Ubuntu project > listed here awhile back but I didn't see it recently. Thanks for the great link, Belinda! Regardless of how it fits into the Ubuntu project, I'm glad to kn

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-27 Thread B.A. Lopez
On Nov 27, 2006, at 7:11 AM, Daniel Buch wrote: > Anybody out there aware of usability studies being conducted by > Gnome/KDE/Xfce/(name a desktop manager) developers? http://www.openusability.org/ I know KDE has Usability experts on their team (Ellen Reitmayr and others). There was an Ubuntu

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-27 Thread Josef Assad
Profue apologies for the multiple posts; was having a day with the list subscription. Josef On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 04:12:20PM +0200, Josef Assad wrote: > Rather than re-invent the wheel, have a look at the Gnome usability > project (though apparently defunct now if the front page news roll is

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-27 Thread Josef Assad
Rather than re-invent the wheel, have a look at the Gnome usability project (though apparently defunct now if the front page news roll is anything to go by). They have done some usability studies, and while they are _seriously_ flawed at least the methodology isn't half bad. I hope that's what yo

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-27 Thread Josef Assad
Rather than re-invent the wheel, have a look at the Gnome usability project (though apparently defunct now if the front page news roll is anything to go by). They have done some usability studies, and while they are _seriously_ flawed at least the methodology isn't half bad. I hope that's what yo

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-27 Thread Josef Assad
Rather than re-invent the wheel, have a look at the Gnome usability project (though apparently defunct now if the front page news roll is anything to go by). They have done some usability studies, and while they are _seriously_ flawed at least the methodology isn't half bad. I hope that's what yo

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-27 Thread Michael T
>From: "Daniel Buch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Before we go and start a new site (i.e. "usability.ubuntu.com") I'd >personally like to hear others' thoughts on where usability feedback >might best fit into the current family of Ubuntu sites. Clearly, the >Forum is a gold mine (black hole ;-) ?) of usa

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-27 Thread Daniel Buch
Like many others out there (I'm sure,) my personal ubuntu marketing plan begins with friends and family. Informal usability studies are built into every conversation had 'round a Live CD session or - hopefully - fresh Ubuntu install. I am definitely in agreement with Michael about having some sor

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-26 Thread Beth Koenig
Most people would have to use something daily for at least a week to get a good idea of what something is like. It can take several months there after to get acclimated. It is the people who don't have a lot of money that are most likely to make the switch. Also those that are running older Microso

Re: [ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-25 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sunday 26 November 2006 06:08, "Michael T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would like to suggest the following idea. Ubuntu/Kubuntu users should be > encouraged to get non-Ubuntu users to try out Ubuntu/Kubuntu for a bit (a > few hours? days? As much as possible) and to produce a report about th

[ubuntu-marketing] Better investigating the problems Windows users have with Ubuntu

2006-11-25 Thread Michael T
Hello, I couldn't decide where the best place was to post this to. If you feel that this mailing list is not appropriate, and have an alternative suggestion, I would be glad to hear it. Some of you may have noticed that I posted this as a comment to Bug 1. When I read the other comments post