A bit late, I'm catching up on emails. :) On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 08:51, Naoko Komura <[email protected]> wrote: > One of the important components of the usability initiative is to > conduct multiple rounds of usability tests. The plan is to conduct at > least three rounds of tests for qualitative usability evaluation over > the span of twelve months, i) the initial evaluation, ii) the progress > evaluation, and iii) the final evaluation. The initial usability test > is scheduled on March 24, 25th and 26th. In-person lab tests are > conducted in San Francisco at the first two days, and remote tests will > be conducted on the third day. > > As a preparation for the initial usability test, we incorporated the > recruiting tool into English Wikipedia's site notice. You might have > encountered site notice inviting for the participation. The target > audience of testers are Wikipedia readers who have little or no > experience in editing the Wikipedia articles. The banner is displayed > within the range of 1:400 to 1:100 page views, and it will continue till > early next week. > > We look forward to learning from the usability tests and sharing the > result with you.
Are there any plans to have usability tests in other languages than English and other "cultures" than "North-American"? It seems to me these two factors actually would play quite a role in the way people interact with the software and probably should be taken into account. Thanx, Delphine -- ~notafish NB. This gmail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails will get lost. Ceci n'est pas une endive - http://blog.notanendive.org _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
