Hi Charline, On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Charline <charline.poir...@canonical.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have just completed usability testing of Rhythmbox. I am planning to > publish the results on CanonicalDesign.com on Tuesday. I would like you to > read the report, if you have time, and send me feedback or any questions > you might have. > > I hope the report will be helpful. > > C. > --
Did you ask users if there were any features they felt were omitted from Rhythmbox as a full-featured music management application? If so, what were their responses? I think this is almost as important as making sure that the features we already have are working well and prominent. It's one thing when a feature is implemented, but is buried where users can't find it until they are accustomed to it (example: the ratings system). It's another thing when users expect something that is absent altogether. Rhythmbox is extensible, so we've got the opportunity to pick up those missing pieces. But we can't do that unless we know what those missing features are. For my part, I have been completely (100.0%) satisfied with the behavior and features of Rhythmbox, ever since I wrote rbpitch[1]. I basically just use Rhythmbox to play music on my hard drive, and occasionally an internet radio stream. It is eminently clear to me how to do these two things, and I find Rhythmbox's library management features (e.g. automatically picking up files dropped in the library directory, searching for music to play a particular artist, etc) to be second to none. And on that note, I would be very interested to hear what you think of the UI of rbpitch, given that you are an authority on UX :) Here is a screenshot displaying the most recent UI pass, rendered on Lucid: http://tiyukquellmalz.org/rbpitch-0.13.0.png . It should be noted that the "Rhythmbox Pitch Control" window pops up when you click a button on the toolbar, to the right of "Start or stop visualization" in the default configuration. I currently use a stock icon for that button, but maybe I should be using a custom icon. I just don't have the artistic skill to create a distinctive icon myself. If I use the icon of a speaker or a music note, the user might think it's a volume control. So I am really not sure what it should look like. [1]The Launchpad project page for rbpitch: http://launchpad.net/rbpitch (I am currently going through the motions to get rbpitch included in Maverick). Thanks, Sean > > CHARLINE POIRIER > User Research Programme Lead > Canonical > 27th floor, 21-24 Millbank Tower > London SW1P 4QP UK > > Tel: +44 (0) 20 7630 2491 > Mob: +44 (0) 78 8695 4514 > www.Ubuntu.com <http://www.Ubuntu.com/> > www.Canonical.com <http://www.Canonical.com/> > > _______________________________________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > rhythmbox-devel@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel > > _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list rhythmbox-devel@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
