Matthew Nuzum wrote: > On 3/4/07, Patrick Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello, I am looking to do a research project and usability study comparing >> the Gnome Beryl 3D desktop with the Gnome Metacity 2D desktop. I've found >> the Better Desktop project but besides this, I haven't found much else in >> terms of Linux usability studies. >> >> Can anyone recommend further work that has been done with usability studies >> involving the Linux desktop? If not, are there any more general usability >> studies that you know of? > > Here is an article I found a few months ago that I enjoyed - it's not > a study, just one person's experience in the matter. > http://eric.themoritzfamily.com/2006/10/25/how-berylxgl-and-deskbar-simplified-my-life/
I do not know much about usability studies that have been done, but if anyone is doing this, must not the context be defined clearly? For example is it a usability studies where the subjects involved knows Gnome and/or GNU/Linux well or do they instead know MS Windows well? My guess is that the result will be very different in these two cases. And I would strongly recommend to clearly state the context used and keep it in mind in the result and discussion part of the study papers. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
