Hi, Am Donnerstag, den 12.02.2009, 10:10 +0000 schrieb Allan Day: > On Wed, 2009-02-11 at 16:39 +0100, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > Andreas Nilsson wrote: > > > Calum Benson wrote: > > >> I'd also really like to see more of the simple usability work done by > > >> developers. > > >> > > >> Of course it would require some hand-holding/tutorials/whatever from > > >> experienced usability folks to start with, but really, it shouldn't > > >> be that hard to get everyone involved, testing early and often. Use > > >> paper prototypes, working prototypes, test with friends, relatives, > > >> students, user groups. Video the results if possible (but not > > >> essential). Collate the results on a suitable website (would need > > >> consent if participants were identifiable in videos.) > > >> > > >> If somebody could write a *nix version of something like > > >> Silverback[4], that would be a great tool to have in our armoury, > > >> too. (Slight mixed metaphor there...) > > > I would really like to see a app like this on my GNOME Desktop and > > > would probably try out some of our wacky stuff on my poor friends from > > > time to time. Perhaps this would be a good opportunity to do some > > > Design first - Code later. > > > I totally regret that I never had the time or patience to learn how to > > > program properly, but I hereby volunteer to do any graphics design > > > needed (icons/website/whatever) for such a app. > > >> [4] <http://silverbackapp.com/> > > Here is a very basic version using gstreamer and istanbul: > > http://www.andreasn.se/blog/?p=96 > > Please try it out on your poor friends and family! > > Andreas, this is amazing! I've tried Pongo and it works brilliantly. > This tool has been sorely needed for some time. > > I'll definitely be trying to do some user testing with this. Perhaps we > should work on some documentation explaining how to conduct user testing > using Pongo? I'd be happy to help with that. > > Also, a feature request. It would be good to have the option not to > record video from the webcam - this will be required if a research > participant requests to remain anonymous.
I migrated Andreas' python script to a C application hosted at http://github.com/herzi/pongo/tree/master ; I happily accept patches for documentation and anonymous-filter... Regards, Sven _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
