Thank you everyone! I created a wiki page where we can capture ideas and I will take this discussion off list(s) to the group of folks that offered to help.
http://live.gnome.org/UsabilityProject/UsabilityTests/Netbooks Best, Stormy On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Calum Benson <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 22 Apr 2009, at 22:53, Stormy Peters wrote: > > As many of you know, I'm interested in putting together a usability study >> for GNOME on netbooks. >> >> I've gotten a few quotes from usability companies/contractors and I've >> gotten some interest from advisory board member companies. >> >> However, I could use some help shaping up the study. I'm not a usability >> expert, nor really a GNOME on netbook expert (just a user), so I could use >> some help. >> >> Things left to do: >> - Figure out exactly what we want feedback on, >> > > Well, it sounds like you're wanting to focus on the things that > differentiate a netbook from a laptop or a desktop machine, and think about > what elements of the GNOME user experience those might affect. Completely > off the top of my head (and as somebody who's probably used a netbook for > all of about two hours), that might be things like: > > * Smaller screen : smaller fonts, smaller targets to hit. Is the GNOME > desktop legible at those sizes? Are our default fonts and anti-aliasing > good enough, and if not, are they easy enough to adjust? Are things like > window manager buttons big enough, and if not, are they easy enough to > adjust them? Is the trackpad too sensitive/not sensitive enough for > manoeuvring around a smaller, more densely-populated space, and if not, is > it easy enough to... well, you get the idea :) > > * Increased mobility : suspend/resume more often, connect to different > networks more often. Is suspend/resume fast and reliable enough? Is it > easy enough to join wireless networks, with appropriate levels of > interaction for secure v. insecure, and for ones you've never joined before > v. ones you join often? > > * Connection to other devices: netbooks tend to have smaller HDs, no > optical drive etc., so potentially more need to connect to other devices. > How easy is it to connect to external or networked DVD drives, hard drives > etc.? > > * Data sync: netbooks often used as secondary devices, so more need to sync > data with a desktop or laptop computer, or data from different cloud > services. How easy is it to do that? > > Cheeri, > Calum. > > -- > CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland > mailto:[email protected] OpenSolaris Desktop Team > http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 > > Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems > >
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