Good things to be aware of, thanks Maryana
*Jared Zimmerman * \\ Director of User Experience \\ Wikimedia Foundation M : +1 415 609 4043 | : @JaredZimmerman<https://twitter.com/JaredZimmerman> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Maryana Pinchuk <[email protected]>wrote: > lol @ my, erm, heterogeneous list of contributions - Ukrainian riot police > and basketball uniforms! :) > > Watching these made me think about one thing we should probably start to > pay more attention to: the network of usertesting.com users we've built > up over the years. I've definitely seen two of these folks (misterbeauds > and kayaker) before in usertesting tests I've run, which means they've had > an unusual amount of exposure to the details of Wikipedia UI, both current > and planned. That probably partly explains why they seem to know about > things like page history, watchlist, etc., without being "real" editors. > > Every time I put a test up on usertesting.com, I get at least one of > those repeat testers - probably because our Wikipedia tests are a lot more > fun than whatever standard eyeball monetization software these people > normally have to endure ;) But that means we might be underestimating their > level of expertise (since they're not truly naive users) and > over-representing their views of our UI improvements (since they tend to > offer up similar soundbites time after time - e.g., kayaker's "this looks > like code" and "I don't want to mess anything up," which I've heard her say > before). > > Anyway, just something for our future Lead UX Researcher to tackle, > probably with a detailed database/registry of past testers :) > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Brandon Harris <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> The first battery of user tests have completed against the Winter >> prototype. I have included links to all of them at the main Winter page: >> >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Winter#Harness_One:_Winter >> >> All tests are annotated, but highlights are included in-line. >> >> The primary take-aways are: >> >> * No tester had difficulty recognizing the search bar. >> * All testers quickly grasped the in-page context action >> ribbon. >> * Several testers expressed surprise that Wikipedia had >> discussions, which lends even more credence to the idea that Vector tabs >> are effectively invisible. >> * The "Cancel" button from the editor may need work. >> * All testers found their way to the contributions page, >> even when faced with bugs/difficulties. They just did it in other routes. >> >> I am very pleased with the results. >> >> I've created a Flow discussion about this here: >> >> >> https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Winter&topic_postId=rqjdm79t36svcvf2&workflow=rqjdm79t36svcvf2 >> >> --- >> Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation >> >> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wmfproduct mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfproduct >> > > > > -- > Maryana Pinchuk > Product Manager, Wikimedia Foundation > wikimediafoundation.org > > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/design > >
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