On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 02:15:51AM -0500, Santiago Ruano Rincón wrote: > I'm proposing an idea for the GSoC about Improving the Debian Installer > Usability[1]. I know the d-i is very good technically, but it must be > more usable (talking about human factors).
It's been established that you could install Debian using a drinking bird (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_bird). Why do you claim that d-i is not "usable"? Frankly, I think that claim is grossly insulting to the fine work of the debian-installer team, who pay a good deal of attention to questions of usability. Or is "human factors" a euphemism for "make it appealing to idiots at the expense of functionality for the informed", which is what "usability" usually means in corporate-speak? Obviously, I'm not a fan of open-ended "usability" makeovers. But perhaps you have some specific reasons for thinking that improvement is needed, that would make sense once you've shared them? > The goal of the idea is to perform an usability analysis (through user > test and/or any other tools) and propose changes with patches. Maybe, > very specific objectives could only be established within the process. Do you really think that 'user testing' fits under the Google Summer of /Code/ aegis? (Just asking, I certainly have no vested interest in whether Google approves such projects, it just seems strange to me that this would qualify). -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
