Just to clarify... 5 emails saying “it’s okay” plus no active complains is a whole different thing than making usability tests with 5 users.
I wish so much I could say that Nautilus rocks, seriously It’s a pity because the community is putting so much effort on it On Feb 1, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Johan Fabry <[email protected]> wrote: > Sent today at 10:37 AM chilean time, a few minutes before I sent the mail you > are replying to. Same subject as this mail. For completeness, here is the > content: > >> For what it's worth: this was asked on the users list (some months ago). >> There were about 5 replies and they were positive. I do not recall having >> any negative replies. >> >> I think that asking much more than that is hard, given the nature of mailing >> lists and the comity being busy with many other things. >> >> Also, having learned about user studies and performed a few (for this >> "science" thing I'm supposed to be doing), I can tell you that getting a >> really representative group of users together is nearly impossible in the >> scenario we are in. So anything you can get out of an inquiry will just be >> 'some people say: OK'. Nothing is guaranteed about other people. Which is >> just what is happening here ! ;-) >> >> On Jan 31, 2014, at 6:43 PM, Sebastian Sastre <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Lets says it convinces you… >>> >>> Time to be skeptic. Test. >>> >>> Test with someone else. Tests it with 5 guys and ask how they feel about >>> it. >>> >>> Hear.
