Hi, thanks Intrigeri for the task list! I've booked a room for 21 and 28 mai afternoon/evening for the tests. Do you think Tails would be ready for testing by then ? C
@vandicla <https://twitter.com/vandicla> :: Linkedin<http://www.linkedin.com/in/vandicla> *Téléchargez le Book Silicon Xperience* <http://bit.ly/sxbook> On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 12:28 PM, intrigeri <intrig...@boum.org> wrote: > Hi, > > [Please keep the Cc list intact for anything on this topic that's not > purely about what we at Tails should do internally.] > > Following-up on Zack's initiative to have us meet some designers > interested in working on FOSS projects, some of us have recently met > Claudio and Mael. > > The starting point is the obvious fact that FOSS projects too often > have poor usability, and are not attractive enough to potential users. > Claudio and Mael want to play a role in improving this situation, by > building a bridge between the designers / graphics artists / UI > experts community on the one hand, and the FOSS people on the other > hand. This seems to be a great idea, and for a number of reasons, > Tails would be a good candidate to try it :) > > Here is the plan and timeline we've drawn together: > > 1. $NOW--late May > > - make Tails/Wheezy ready for usability testing [[Tails folks]] > * https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6862 > > - brainstorm a list of exercises (practical goals to achieve) > that match the intended Tails use cases, and could be handed > out to the people who'll participate in the usability testing > session(s). Send the results to Claudio & Mael. > * https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6864 > * https://tails.boum.org/blueprint/usability_testing/ > > - think about who we want to participate in the usability testing > session; e.g. having good diversity seems important to me, to > avoid the "developers with a specific cultural background and > social position optimize software for their peers" trap. > There's also the question of optimizing for first-time use, or > for daily users, which are conflicting goals sometimes. > > - design, plan and organize a usability testing session [[Claudio > & Mael, based on the input we will have provided]] > > 2. late May: conduct a usability testing session in Paris [[Claudio > & Mael, but it would be useful if some Tails people were there]] > > 3. late May--late June: draw conclusions from #2, identify a set of > 3-5 major usability and/or design problems (it's unclear to me if > we'll focus on low-hanging fruits or critical problems to start > with, we'll see) [[Claudio & Mael, most likely with some > {communication with,participation from} Tails folks]] > > 4. late June: possibly present a talk about the ongoing process and > current results at PSES (Pas Sages en Seine, a hacker conference > in Paris) [[Claudio, Mael]] > > 5. mid-July: have a few teams of designers and UI experts at the > Tails hackfest in Paris; give each team one of the previously > identified problem, and half a day or two to find and propose > a solution to it [[everybody involved + guests!]] > > 6. Implement the designed solutions. Build long-term collaboration > with designers / UX experts / graphics artists upon this > experience, wooo :) > > Claudio, Mael: please correct any misunderstanding and add missing > bits as needed. > > Cheers, > -- > intrigeri > | GnuPG key @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/intrigeri.asc > | OTR fingerprint @ https://gaffer.ptitcanardnoir.org/intrigeri/otr.asc >
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