Hi Daphne, Thanks so much for your response. I'm really happy for the feedback :o)
I've made a Jira task for me to address this issue, and when I refine the tasks I'll post them to the list again. http://issues.fluidproject.org/browse/FLUID-3046 Thanks, Alison On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:23 PM, Daphne Ogle<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alison, > > Just a note on the tasks. They may be a bit leading. I think it's usually > better to ask the user to complete a goal, like "edit the appearance of X to > meet your needs" or "show me how you would change the interface settings to > make if more comfortable for you", rather then stepping them through an > activity. So, for example, you might not want to say "you decide to save > them" because you'll miss whether they realize they have to do an explicit > save. And actually, a rule of thumb is never to use a term that is on the > interface so my suggestion of "appearance" needs a different word too. The > current questions should uncover specific interaction issues but won't > uncover much about how UI Options conceptually works for users. What are > the questions they will come to it with and can they accomplish those? > > Hope that's helpful. If not, feel free to ignore :). > > -Daphne > > On Jul 15, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Alison Benjamin wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Two Zoom Text screen magnifier users came to the ATRC to play with UI >> Options today. >> >> >> http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/User+Interface+Options+-+Round+1+protocol >> >> Here is a summary of the results: >> >> * "Edit Appearance" button is hard to for users to locate the first >> time & re-locate after closing the UI Options dialog >> * Once the UI Options dialog is opened, users have an easy time making >> and previewing their changes, ex: changing font style, size. >> * It wasn't always clear what it meant to choose or tweak a particular >> UI Option. For example, it could be clearer what it means to choose >> "Yes" or "No" to Background images. >> * At some points both users tried to use browser features to make >> changes to the UI of the Webpage. >> * Follow-up work needs to be done to determine why (1) UI Options page >> wouldn't load correctly (no text appears) in IE 8 with Zoom Text >> running, and (2) why using FF3 it stopped working during tasks 5 & 6 >> with User 1 (see Interaction Notes). Both problems could have been due >> to the computer we were using for testing, the AT, or the browser. >> >> I am also looking for feedback on the questions I was using for >> task-based testing: >> >> http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/User+Interface+Options+-+Round+1+protocol >> >> Thanks, >> Alison >> _______________________________________________________ >> fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, >> see http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work > > Daphne Ogle > Senior Interaction Designer > University of California, Berkeley > Educational Technology Services > [email protected] > cell (925)348-4372 > > > > > _______________________________________________________ fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work
