Re: [Talk-us] UX Review

2010-03-09 Thread Ian Dees
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 8:02 AM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: * Once in some very small sample size (perhaps between 1 in 1,000 and 1 in 10,000 signups) a popup appears * The popup says something like Hi! We'd really like to know why you came to OSM and they say simply why. This is open

[Talk-us] US SOTM Announcement and Call for Papers

2010-03-09 Thread Thea Clay
U.S. State of the Map National Conference: Call for Papers The OpenStreetMap-US National Chapter is proud to announce the first annual U.S. State of the Map Conference will be held August 14-15, 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia. This fun-filled and informative two day event will showcase

Re: [Talk-us] UX Review

2010-03-09 Thread Richard Weait
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 9:02 AM, SteveC st...@asklater.com wrote: Dear all One of the clear pieces of feedback from all the talk about improving the OSM UX was show us these users who really find it difficult to use OSM. So, we're going to do that. We have a rough plan of action below

Re: [Talk-us] UX Review

2010-03-09 Thread Peter Batty
I very highly recommend this book on web usability for ideas on how to do usability testing: 'Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability' by Steve Krug http://bit.ly/bHJ8ni. A friend of mine in Denver is a great usability person and we've used this approach on several projects

Re: [Talk-us] proposed first principles for United States road tagging

2010-03-09 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:40:47 -0500, Anthony wrote: On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Anthony o...@inbox.org wrote: The important, worldwide criteria that I'd expect is this: *Motorways are exclusive to motor vehicle traffic. *trunks are the most important roads in a geographic area which

Re: [Talk-us] proposed first principles for United States road tagging

2010-03-09 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Paul Johnson ba...@ursamundi.org wrote: On Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:21:17 -0500, Anthony wrote: Yeah. Motorway is simple. A road designated exclusively for motor vehicles. That's not true for most of America (as only 23 states prohibit bicycles and

Re: [Talk-us] UX Review

2010-03-09 Thread Dale Puch
Great idea for do user testing! My thoughts: - For new users start with the what brought you.. poll, then from that build a few tests and get volunteers to try some specific tasks. The idea of a few users doing specific tasks to look for the really glaring stuff sounds good. - start small and