-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 (``-_-´´) -- BUGabundo wrote on 19/03/09 01:18: >... > I'm sleepy and have bad memory, but AFAIR this all tread as been kept > active because Design Team as one or more _closed source_ studies from > OEMs that state that the old icon as bad UI, while most of us actually > like it and understood it. >...
That's a reasonable complaint, but not an easy one to address. OEMs don't want to give their hardware competitors any ideas prematurely, so they want to keep hardware-related usability test results confidential. And since they (correctly!) treat the hardware and software as an integrated system, software usability issues end up private too. I'm seeking approval from the OEM to publish here just the portion of their summary of findings that deals with the Network Manager icon in particular. (But, no promises.) >... > As promised, I again asked today, the new batch of students of my FOSS > class, while showing off Ubuntu (GNOME) 8.10, what they though about > the update-notifier icon, and the NM icon. >... Thanks for your efforts. I hope you can understand, though, that an expert-run study of what potential customers actually do must outweigh a survey of what FOSS enthusiasts say they think.* Of course a public study of what potential customers actually do would be even better than a private one, so we're continuing to pursue the possibility of public user testing too. * <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20010805.html> is a good read, if you can avoid being outraged by the title. ;-) Cheers - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknDfi8ACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecrNYwCdEB4c/VHcMry5ZZMqe8vYG38R JvQAmgMcHjtOXo7lrT5VUSRl01kDkess =v4bC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
