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FT2 On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 2:09 AM, Parul Vora <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! > > The Wikipedia Usability Initiative conducted a user research study with > SF based Bolt Peters in late March to uncover barriers new editors face. > We are in the process of completing a full report on our methodology, > process and analysis, but wanted to share with you some of the major > themes and findings in the meantime.... > > > Some quotes from our participants that illustrate these findings: > > “Usually it’s the most information in the easiest spot to access. It > always looks very well put together….it boggles my mind how many people > can contribute and it still looks like an encyclopedia.” – ‘Galen’ > > “I like Wikipedia because it’s plain text and nothing flashes” – ‘Claudia’ > > “Rather than making a mess, I’d rather take some time to figure out how > to do it right." > (later) "There sure is a lot of stuff to read.” – ‘Dan’ > > “ [I felt] kind of stupid.” – ‘Galen’ > > “It’d be nice to have a GUI, so you could see what you’re editing. > You’ve made these changes and you’re looking at it, and you don’t know > how it’s going to look on the page. It’s a little clumsy to see how it’s > going to look.” – ‘Bryan’ > > “[This is] where I’d give up.” – ‘Shaun’ > > > Check out the full post on the foundation blog: > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/24/usability-study-results-sneak-preview/ > > > We would love to hear any initial thoughts, opinions, and reactions. If > you have any similar or dissimilar experiences - either personally or in > your own work/research, we'd love to hear about that too! > > > Always on your side, > The Usability Team > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
