I just got a free license as a do-gooder! :) On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Allan Caeg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sounds interesting. Personally, I need such an app. Calum, thanks for the > links! :) > Regards, > Allan > https://launchpad.net/~wersdaluv > http://twitter.com/AllanCaeg > > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:00 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Send Usability mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> [email protected] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [email protected] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Usability digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. [Fwd: Do-Gooders and Other Free License Recipients...] >> (Guy Lunardi) >> 2. Re: [Fwd: Do-Gooders and Other Free License Recipients...] >> (Calum Benson) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:10:33 -0600 >> From: "Guy Lunardi" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>,"Guy Lunardi" <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Usability] [Fwd: Do-Gooders and Other Free License >> Recipients...] >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII >> >> Bonjour, >> >> What do you think of this idea? I really like their software and I >> think that even if only a few projects take advantage of making mockups >> with it, it's a great story for them to enable the GNOME project. >> >> Please let Stormy or I know what you think :-). >> >> Also, I understand of course that YOU do not need such a tool. Inkscape >> and the likes can do the same. The idea is for everyone else (people like >> myself) to generate mockups to share their ideas. >> >> >> Best, >> -Guy >> >> >> >> -----Embedded Message----- >> From: "Guy Lunardi" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sun Oct 11 08:23:37 2009 >> Subject: Do-Gooders and Other Free License Recipients... >> All, >> >> While I realize that their software doesn't use any GNOME technologies, >> it is still a very useful tool that I personally use often for projects. >> >> I was wondering if anyone thought that contacting Balsamiq and asking >> them to consider donating licenses to GNOME Foundation members would be >> useful? >> http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups >> >> Having used their software for quite some time, I know that the projects >> we used it for had a much great user experience focus during the early >> development cycles because of it. >> >> It might be a great opportunity for GNOME to increase its emphasis on >> user experience. We could for example use this software as part of some >> of our outreach programs (collect feedback earlier on designs). >> >> Please let me know what you think. >> >> Best regards, >> -Guy >> >> >> -- >> marketing-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list >> >> >> -----End of Embedded Message----- >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:04:36 +0100 >> From: Calum Benson <[email protected]> >> To: Guy Lunardi <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Usability] [Fwd: Do-Gooders and Other Free License >> Recipients...] >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed >> >> >> On 15 Oct 2009, at 17:10, Guy Lunardi wrote: >> >> > Also, I understand of course that YOU do not need such a tool. >> > Inkscape and the likes can do the same. The idea is for everyone >> > else (people like myself) to generate mockups to share their ideas. >> >> There's actually a whole bunch of tools out there for doing this sort >> of thing now... ForeUI (Java) and FlairBuilder (AIR) are another >> couple of good cross-platform ones: >> >> <http://www.foreui.com/> >> <http://www.flairbuilder.com/> >> >> CogTool from Carnegie Mellon is a particularly interesting one -- it's >> free and open source, and it automatically evaluates your prototypes >> using a predictive human performance model. But that, as you might >> expect, does make it a bit harder to learn and use: >> >> <http://cogtool.hcii.cs.cmu.edu/> >> >> (Despite apparently just being a Java + clisp app, they say it doesn't >> run on Linux and there are no plans to make it do so -- maybe that >> would be an interesting project for somebody here?) >> >> Cheeri, >> Calum. >> >> > >> > -----Embedded Message----- >> > From: "Guy Lunardi" <[email protected]> <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Sun Oct 11 08:23:37 2009 >> > Subject: Do-Gooders and Other Free License Recipients... >> > All, >> > >> > While I realize that their software doesn't use any GNOME >> > technologies, >> > it is still a very useful tool that I personally use often for >> > projects. >> > >> > I was wondering if anyone thought that contacting Balsamiq and asking >> > them to consider donating licenses to GNOME Foundation members would >> > be >> > useful? >> > http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups >> > >> > Having used their software for quite some time, I know that the >> > projects >> > we used it for had a much great user experience focus during the early >> > development cycles because of it. >> > >> > It might be a great opportunity for GNOME to increase its emphasis on >> > user experience. We could for example use this software as part of >> > some >> > of our outreach programs (collect feedback earlier on designs). >> > >> > Please let me know what you think. >> > >> > Best regards, >> > -Guy >> > >> > >> > -- >> > marketing-list mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list >> > >> > >> > -----End of Embedded Message----- >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Usability mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability >> >> -- >> CALUM BENSON, Interaction Designer 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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Usability mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability >> >> >> End of Usability Digest, Vol 66, Issue 13 >> ***************************************** >> > >
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