I've written previously about OSM usability studies, and now it's happening.
Nate Bolt from the fantabulous Bolt|Peters is going to help OSM run usability
tests and we need your help.
The timeline looks something like this: This week or next we're going to switch
on some javascript on the OSM signup page that invites a percentage of signups
to help OSM run a user survey. Those people fill out a form and are invited
later to use some simple online screen capturing software while asked to do
some simple tasks and this is where you come in. We need to think of some
simple tasks for new users to complete, and we'll put them together over on
this wiki page. Add a street? Find a mailing list? Add a point of interest?
What should they do? That's up to you.
Also, if you're running a mapping party we can give you a super secret link
where you can send new users to do the same tasks with screen recording. You
mustn't help them on the first go, as that's exactly what we're trying to find
out - what goes wrong.
Then on December 8th (tentative) at the Bolt|Peters office in San Francisco,
OSMers together with the UX wizards will analyze the videos and make some joint
suggestions on how to push things forward. Anyone in SF, or can be in SF around
then, please drop me a mail.
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