[Usability] Nautilus List View as Default

hink about this? Don't you think that the List view is more usable and deserves to be the default option? Best Regards, Allan Caeg https://launchpad.net/~wersdaluv http://twitter.com/AllanCaeg ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://ma

Re: [Usability] Usability Digest, Vol 66, Issue 13

Sounds interesting. Personally, I need such an app. Calum, thanks for the links! :) Regards, Allan https://launchpad.net/~wersdaluv http://twitter.com/AllanCaeg On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 8:00 PM, wrote: > Send Usability mailing list submissions to >usability@gnome.org > > To subscribe or u

Re: [Usability] Usability Digest, Vol 66, Issue 13

I just got a free license as a do-gooder! :) On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:55 PM, Allan Caeg wrote: > Sounds interesting. Personally, I need such an app. Calum, thanks for the > links! :) > Regards, > Allan > https://launchpad.net/~wersdaluv > http://twitter.com/AllanCaeg &g

[Usability] Open Source UX Tools

Hi Usability Listers, This could be offtopic, but I think, UXers here would love to discuss this. I'm looking for Open Source UX tools. As for Mockups, Balsamiq is kind enough to give me a license as an open source enthusiast. I know that this has been discussed here before, but any new input is

Re: [Usability] Reaching Users

How about http://www.ubuntu.com/community ? See the "Contribute" section. Also, Ubuntu has Ayatana. We talk about UX and usability things at Ayatana Discussions ( https://launchpad.net/~ayatana ), which is open for public. There's also an Ubuntu UX group ( https://launchpad.net/~canonical-ux ), wh

[Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

Hello UX people! I'm looking for a top-notch user testing tool like Morae. As an open source enthusiast, I want something that works on Linux (specifically, on GNOME). As a person with a tight budget, I want something affordable. Among many other features, Morae ( http://www.techsmith.com/morae.a

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

Cool. I'll read your Blog posts. Right now, the first dev+UX guy I can think of is David Siegel because he codes and he's a UX guy. H On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 01:04 -0500, Máirín Duffy wrote: > On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 13:53 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Hello UX people! > &g

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

s. > > > > > > On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 14:10 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Cool. I'll read your Blog posts. Right now, the first dev+UX guy I can > > think of is David Siegel because he codes and he's a UX guy. H > > > Máirín, Allan, we have

Re: [Usability] Overthinking things.

What's your point and what are you trying to suggest exactly? On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 10:31 +, kerbe...@piestar.net wrote: > There's lots of talk of recording input, technical bug-tracking > solutions, and other technical solutions to the apparent usability > problem, but can I say I think w

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

ange http://uxexchange.com/questions/1054/is-there-an-open-source-alternative-to-morae-user-testing-and-market-research-to Allan On Thursday, 10 December, 2009 05:20 PM, Ivanka Majic wrote: On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 08:02 -0500, Máirín Duffy wrote: On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 18:15 +0800, Allan

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

ll give people the impression that it's built to be the bridge between devs and typical end users. hmmm Btw, who else is interested? Everyone's welcome. :D Allan 2009/12/10 Allan caeg > I don't know how to set up anything on gnome.org too. It would be nice if > someone

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

On Thursday, 10 December, 2009 11:45 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 21:42 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: I got the trial version of Morae Manager. Apparently, Morae is composed of three apps. Other than the Manager, it has a "Recorder" and an "Observer". The Man

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

for those. What do we want our usability testing suite to do? If anyone else wants to make mockups, that would be more than welcome. Allan On Tuesday, 15 December, 2009 11:43 AM, Máirín Duffy wrote: On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 09:33 +0800, Allan caeg wrote: On Thursday, 10 December, 2009 1

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

ocking up these tasks and build from there. Should we move this to a dedicated mailing list rather than crowd the usability ML? Maybe. I just don't know how to set that up. Who can help here? Btw, I refer to thewidgetfactory for available gtk+ widgets. Is there a better reference?

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

/view/0580/record Please be kind. It's a very very rough draft :D Allan On Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 01:16 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: Allan caeg wrote: On Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 11:02 AM, Kirk Bridger wrote: I believe you've touched on the first to-do, and I don't agree tha

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

ally thought about all the other cases like mobile devices etc. Well feel free to tear mine to shreds. - James 2009/12/16 Allan caeg: Here's a newer version :) On Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 01:16 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: Allan caeg wrote: On Wednesday,

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

That would be cool. You're right, tabs are conventionally used for information that doesn't need a pattern. A wizard could work. Other than one, What gtk+element can you suggest? I'm thinking of hierarchical buttons like the one on Ubuntu Software Center and Nautilus ( http://www.ubuntu-pics.de

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

Same here. That's why I'm suggesting the buttons or buttons and wizard Allan On Dec 18, 2009, at 9:12 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: James Moschou wrote: Perhaps a wizard-type interface would also work. Wizards are used for step-by-step linear processes yes, but, they are also best for infre

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

ure we can think of Allan On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:52 PM, James Moschou wrote: 2009/12/18 Allan Caeg : That would be cool. You're right, tabs are conventionally used for information that doesn't need a pattern. A wizard could work. Other than one, What gtk+element can you sugg

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

can be used to infer the user's mental model during an action and thus helps finding which kind of redesign is more adequate. Some comments on previous subjects: 2009/12/18 Allan Caeg wrote: The record tab is where everything is configured before the researcher and participant start the s

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

What app did you use to make this mockup? :) On Friday, 18 December, 2009 06:52 PM, James Moschou wrote: I was thinking along the lines of http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/136/lab2.png ___ Usability mailing list Usability@gnome.org http://mail

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

A standalone consultant is not going to want to use the viewer functionality, so is there a way we can peel the two workflows (users?) apart? Perhaps we can cook up two quick users (personas?) and related tasks summaries? I'd like to take that on, if anyone doesn't object. Go. What can y

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

Like this one? http://i.imagehost.org/0753/welcome.png :) Got the idea from Brasero http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/35029/screenshot_030_sw8XCE.png On Monday, 21 December, 2009 05:14 AM, Natan Yellin wrote: Whoops, I hit the send button too soon. :) What about an overview window with buttons

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

I don't know much about usability testing, so is each entry in "Recent Projects" a group of related sessions or just one session (e.g. one user)? Natan On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Allan Caeg <mailto:allanc...@gmail.com>> wrote: Like this one? http://i.imageho

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

- View All * Project 2 - Session 1 - Session 2 - View All * View All Projects On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Allan Caeg <mailto:allanc...@gmail.com>> wrote: Good question.. I was thinking that it's going to be one project. A project is a group of related s

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

elt Disambiguity.com Freelance Contextual Research, User Centred Design & Social Design le...@disambiguity.com <mailto:le...@disambiguity.com> +44 778 071 2129 2009/12/22 Allan Caeg mailto:allanc...@gmail.com>> Maybe, on the welcome screen, we can just use something like

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

a little bit salesy but gives you a good walk through of the UI Leisa Reichelt Disambiguity.com Freelance Contextual Research, User Centred Design & Social Design le...@disambiguity.com <mailto:le...@disambiguity.com> +44 778 071 2129 2009/12/22 Allan Caeg mailto:alla

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

, User Centred Design & Social Design le...@disambiguity.com <mailto:le...@disambiguity.com> +44 778 071 2129 2009/12/22 Allan Caeg mailto:allanc...@gmail.com>> Hello Leisa! Thanks for the input. I'll be happy to see a screencast of that app. They may be a free tr

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

_ Leisa Reichelt Disambiguity.com Freelance Contextual Research, User Centred Design & Social Design le...@disambiguity.com <mailto:le...@disambiguity.com> +44 778 071 2129 2009/12/22 Allan Caeg mailto:allanc...@gmail.com>> Cool. How does the tester

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

2009 at 11:12 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > On Tuesday, 22 December, 2009 10:58 AM, Leisa Reichelt wrote: > > yes, it just looks like an ordinary computer screen. There is a little icon > in the top of screen that you can use to stop/pause Silverback but it's > unobtrusive, up there

[Usability] Sketching and Prototyping with a Firefox Addon

Hello All, I just discovered the Pencil project http://evolus.vn/Pencil/ . It's a Sketching and Prototyping on Firefox. It can be a stand-alone app (based on XUL) too. I'm surprised that it's not getting a lot of attention from the open source community considering that they are into Linux and

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] Sketching and Prototyping with a Firefox Addon

free clone of it :) > > David > > On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 10:11 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Hello All, > > > > I just discovered the Pencil project http://evolus.vn/Pencil/ . It's a > > Sketching and Prototyping on Firefox. It can be a stand-alone app (base

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] Sketching and Prototyping with a Firefox Addon

build a native, free clone of it :) David On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 10:11 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > Hello All, > > I just discovered the Pencil project http://evolus.vn/Pencil/ . It's a > Sketching and Prototyping on Firefox. It can be a stand-alone app (based > on XUL) too. I&#

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] Sketching and Prototyping with a Firefox Addon

Sounds good. That's kind of like how Balsamiq works 2010/1/17 Máirín Duffy > Andreas Nilsson wrote: > >> To make sure the new developers will have a hard time in case the >> original developer of the mockups get hit by a bus? :) >> Personally, I tend to stick to pen and paper for my mockups. >>

Re: [Usability] Looking for some data on who we usability practitioners are - please contribute

On Monday, 01 February, 2010 10:31 PM, Máirín Duffy wrote: Hey! So how has this been going so far? I haven't seen any posts about this lately so I was wondering what the status was. Thanks, ~m Same here. If there's anyone out there who's still willing to answer, the link is http://www.surve

[Usability] New Paradigm of Computing for GNOME 3.0

Hello Usability People, I stumbled upon Matt Asay's article named The application is the new operating system http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10448883-16.html . I love the fact that a guy who think this way Canonical's new COO. This is what open source needs. His points could be too radica

Re: [Usability] New Paradigm of Computing for GNOME 3.0

Interesting responses. On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 5:10 PM, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > I don't think somehow trying to hide the file-system is a good solution. > I think the solution would be a better file-system, one that stops > trying to be a tree and instead does what we already see in photo and >

Re: [Usability] New Paradigm of Computing for GNOME 3.0

eople who play music on the file browser. They look for their songs on the file browser then double click them to play them on the media player. Personally, I also don't use an image browser. I view them all on nautilus. What can you suggest? :) Regards, Allan (Caeg)

Re: [Usability] New Paradigm of Computing for GNOME 3.0

etc). Like what Windows Phone 7 does, there are hubs, which are collection of apps that work in harmony in the context. I hope to hear great ideas. Regards, Allan On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Dylan McCall wrote: > On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 00:32 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Hi All! >

Re: [Usability] New Paradigm of Computing for GNOME 3.0

can help us change the way we interact with files. Got ideas? :) Regards, Allan On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Dylan McCall wrote: > On Sat, 2010-02-13 at 00:32 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Hi All! > > > > > > Thanks for the ideas. To be clear to everyone, I never

Re: [Usability] New Paradigm of Computing for GNOME 3.0

> > (also first time posting, so hi everybody) > -- > Timothy > > > On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Allan Caeg wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> You might want to check out Gloobus http://gloobus.net/ . It consists of >> 3 projects that let people browse

Re: [Usability] New Paradigm of Computing for GNOME 3.0

r "context" has all relevant tools collected in one place. On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:26 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > Hello Timothy, > > The Gloobus apps extend the file manager's features by adding quick and > attractive ways of browsing and opening files. They are better

Re: [Usability] FLOSS Usability Testing Suite - persona work and status

Thanks a lot for the work, Kirk. I haven't read the whole message yet because I'm mobile, but i'll see what I can contribute to the discussion when I already have time. What do you think should be our next step? let's pursue this. I want it to materialize. Regards, Allan On Mar 13, 2010 12:44 P

Re: [Usability] FLOSS Usability Testing Suite - persona work and status

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 6:43 AM, Kirk Bridger wrote: > Hi Allan, > > In my mind, the steps steps are: > > 1 - finish the personas > 2 - begin describing the tasks we want to support in the software (use > cases, scenarios, whatever) > 3 - start throwing around more mockups > 4 - find some develo

Re: [Usability] [Owncloud] FLOSS alternative to Dropbox – GNOME + KDE collaboration?

Hello Mario, Do you mean Mairin and her Design Hub? That's a really great idea. The alternative to dropbox, however, is somewhat different. I think, Jan-Christoph was referring to the collaboration of GNOME and KDE to create a FOSS dropbox alternative, which isn't meant exclusively for the collabo

[Usability] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

s remember that "Applications," "Places," and "System" don't necessarily need to be in one applet. Moving forward, I also noticed that GNOME Shell doesn't have a placeholder for the distro logo and I don't think it can be stitched to the "Activities&quo

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

Sounds reasonable. Distro guys, what do you think? On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Calum Benson wrote: > > On 21 Jun 2010, at 15:51, Jarlath Reidy wrote: > > > > 4) I like the number four, but I can't think of and idea to put here. > > That would probably be "don't show a distro logo on the des

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

ed. If something like the SLAB menu replaces it, it's a whole new story. Regards, Allan http://live.gnome.org/AllanCaeg > On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:46 PM, Allan Caeg wrote: > >> Sounds reasonable. >> >> Distro guys, what do you think? >> >> >> On Tue

[Usability] Suggestions for GNOME.Asia 2010 Talk

Hello everyone, GNOME.Asia 2010 is on Aug. 14-15 in Taiwan and I just found out about it. The deadline for submission of talks is on June 25, which is very soon. UX is one of the focuses of the program and I want to submit a talk abou

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

Thanks for the Feedback, Karl. On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Karl Goetz wrote: > > > applet. Branding is just that important for a default GNOME setup. > > Who is branding important to? the desktop? the user? the distributor? > > Why do you feel its so important? This is very important for d

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:05 PM, Ian Bentley wrote: > I see no problem in removing it, except that in the "main menu" version of > the menu, what would go there instead? Just the words "Main Menu" > > idb Hello Ian, Thanks for this. I just noticed that I referred to the Menu Bar applet as "M

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] GNOME Main Menu and the Distribution Logo

On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 10:02 PM, Karl Goetz wrote: > "About gnome" under 'System' is the only place I can see an obvious > gnome reference on my desktop (2.22 provided by Debian). Is there > anything else they can remove? The foot in the corner is what started > this debate after all :) > kk >

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

tyTestingSuite so we can document the progress? On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 5:29 AM, Jan-Christoph Borchardt < inqu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > If we want good usability, we need to get open usability testing tools > going (again)! > > You may want to read the original thread started by

Re: [Usability] Text-editing widget

Hello Stéphane, Can you give us the link to Ease's page? You must have mistyped the link ;) On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Stéphane Maniaci < stephane.mani...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi usability team, > > I'm Stéphane Maniaci, the summer of code student working on the > presentation software, Ea

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:26 AM, Jan-Christoph Borchardt < inqu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:08 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Hello Jan-Christoph! > > Kirk and I are discussing this. We have a google wave discussion, but > > nothing much is goi

Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

That makes a lot of sense. For now, let me check how Cheese and gtk-recordmydesktop would do the trick... On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Calum Benson wrote: > On 20/07/2010 22:29, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote: > >> If we want good usability, we need to get open usability testing tools >> going

[Usability] Firefox Button, GNOME Conventions, Windicators, GTK+ 3, and some more

Hello All, I am communicating with Mozilla's UX. We're discussing the Firefox Button (screenshot). You'll notice that it's alre

[Usability] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

Let's try thisagain. Upstream people are innovating when it comes to the menu bars and window borders. This is very obvious in popular web browsers: Firefox, Chrome, and Opera. Chrome is so liberal that it draws its own window bord

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

Here's Alex Faaborg's view on Firefox menu on the toolbar and the menu that Ryan Peters suggested the app menu looks like it is exactly the type of control we are interested > in having (both for our own use, and because we think it is a good direction > for the general design of desktop applicati

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

ve.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/AppMenu?action=\> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > Here's Alex Faaborg's view on Firefox menu on the toolbar and the menu that > Ryan Peters suggested > > the app menu looks like it is exactly the type of c

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

Not showing the branding while the app is running may reduce cognitive load, just like what MPT said. However, there are issues with this. *Apps that are supposed to do the same things have differences that many people know or need to know.* Whenever I'm browsing, I have to know that it's Firefox,

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

;t think of any recommendation to accommodate these. Heeelp. LOL On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > Not showing the branding while the app is running may reduce cognitive > load, just like what MPT said. However, there are issues with this. > *Apps that are supposed t

Re: [Usability] [Ayatana] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

Thoughts? On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:44 AM, Ryan Peters wrote: > On 08/11/2010 04:14 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > >> I just noticed that Firefox 4.0 beta 2 on Windows also has a menu bar < >> http://imagebin.org/109099> (activated by alt) and its contents are >> differen

[Usability] Compliance to GNOME UI Patterns of Cross-Platform Apps

Hello, Mozilla is coming up with a new Add-ons Manager UI for Firefox. I was asked what Linux-specific stuff should be designed and how much should be specified, because the look and feel depends on the DE's settings. I said that all I can think of at that time is that it should follow the GTK+ "s

Re: [Usability] Compliance to GNOME UI Patterns of Cross-Platform Apps

Nice! Thanks for these! I have some comments. See here http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/641/mockupr.png On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:32 AM, Andreas Nilsson wrote: > On 08/31/2010 09:06 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > >> After looking at the Add-ons Manager a while ago, it looks lik

[Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

> > > Sent from my iPhone. > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Allan Caeg > Date: September 3, 2010 2:50:06 EDT > To: se...@obso1337.org > Subject: UI Patterns of Cross-Platform Apps > > Hello Celeste, > > The GNOME Usability Team is currently working on UI

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

entation-focused library be created for each of the various desktops? > > If we're setting the pattern library to be so high level though it really > behooves us to look at the other pattern libraries out there to see if we > could just adopt an existing one rather than re-inventing

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

h other desktop teams, etc. > > > The third one might be the most important to start right now. I'll > certainly offer to help out with #3 to begin with! > > How does this sound? Any thoughts, refinements, or other ideas? > > > Kirk > > > On 09/07/2010 08

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

What could be our next step? :) On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Calum Benson wrote: > > On 7 Sep 2010, at 15:58, Thorsten Wilms wrote: > > > There is a chance that Google would have some interest in a pattern > > library, but of course they could easily do it all themselves and it > > might be d

[Usability] Tab Glow States

Hello, There's a discussion on Mozilla's Usability team regarding how Firefox app tabglow states are going to be rendered. They'll have 2 kinds of notifications: synchronous and asynchronous. Alex Faaborg said > -Asynchrono

[Usability] Incorporating UI Innovations from Upstream Projects to GNOME

Hello, There's a discussion on Mozilla's Usability list ( dev-usabil...@lists.mozilla.org ) entitled "Keep bar-style notifications for Firefox 4 on Linux instead of doorhanger notifications which breaks consistency on GNOME desktop." You can find the discussion here

Re: [Usability] Incorporating UI Innovations from Upstream Projects to GNOME

-- Forwarded message -- From: Alex Faaborg Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:44 AM Subject: Re: Keep bar-style notifications for Firefox 4 on Linux instead of doorhanger notifications which breaks consistency on GNOME desktop To: Allan Caeg Cc: Citizendruide , thibaut.beth

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

Maybe, we can start a wiki for this or something? :D Wanna discuss this on the next GNOME Design Office Hour? That's in 13 and half hours on #gnome-design On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:21 AM, Kirk Bridger wrote: > The more I've looked at this issue the less I think that simply creating > YAPL (yet

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

ng as they fit the toolkit. Regards, Allan Caeg http://google.com/profiles/AllanCaeg#about @AllanCaeg +63 918 948 2520 Sent mobile On Oct 13, 2010 8:26 PM, "Allan Day" wrote: ___ usability mailing list usability@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

I also recommend working with designers who work on Open Source web platforms. They may have existing UI Pattern Libraries and/or be willing to help make one. Who else do you think can join us? Regards, Allan Caeg http://google.com/profiles/AllanCaeg#about @AllanCaeg +63 918 948 2520 Sent

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Calum Benson wrote: > FWIW, I'd say a good pattern library requires best practice for certain > tasks, rather than certain widgets. In most cases, the 'best practice for a > widget' should be enshrined as the default behaviour of that widget. (And we > need to be

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

We can sense that a huge part of the issue here is organizational. We'll have to invent ways to create a UI Pattern Library, make it usable enough for devs to refer to them, and sustain its development so it's always relevant. Inputs please On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:27 PM, Allan C

Re: [Usability] Cross-Desktop UI Pattern Library

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Kirk Bridger wrote: > > Even more sadly my empathy install on FC14 is crashing when I try to create > a new IRC account - so I'll work on getting access to the channel to see > who's around. > > Maybe we can head to the wiki in the meantime, if no better options p

Re: [Usability] HIG 3.x Meeting

Next week afternoon UTC :) On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 6:16 PM, Allan Day wrote: > Hi all, > > As the other Allan has mentioned, we're in the process of organising a > brief meeting to discuss the new version of the HIG. Topics to be > covered include: > > * Structure: should it be YAPL (Yet Another

[Usability] Creating Personas to Enhance GNOME's UX

Hello, Defining personas is very important for User-Centered Design. In fact, it should be one of the first activities needed to build a system with good UX, based on JJG's Elements of User Experience. We need to know who we're designing for before we design, right? There's an ongoing effort for

Re: [Usability] Creating Personas to Enhance GNOME's UX

k, desktop, etc), what distro they use, and why they use GNOME. These would help us characterize their mental models and how they experience GNOME. Comments? On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Allan Caeg wrote: > Hello, > > Defining personas is very important for User-Centered Design.

Re: [Usability] Creating Personas to Enhance GNOME's UX

org/GnomeWeb/WebPersonas > [4] UTS personas: http://live.gnome.org/UTSPersonas > [5] GnomeShell user observations: > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/UserObservationData > [6] Gnome Shell user analysis ideas: > http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/UserResearch > [7] Windows 7 user inve

Re: [Usability] Creating Personas to Enhance GNOME's UX

Let's discuss this at tomorrow's GNOME Design Office hour on #gnome-design. What time is it again? Gotta update my calendar. On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Kirk Bridger wrote: > > > On 11/01/2010 05:49 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > > > In this case it looks like

Re: [Usability] Creating Personas to Enhance GNOME's UX

Wow. You're good at organizing stuff through the wiki. As for the research method, surveys can help, but we can use more than that. FGDs would be helpful. Let's discuss later on #gnome-design? :) On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Allan Day wrote: > Hey Allan, > > > Defining personas is very imp

Re: [Usability] Behavior of Minimizing Windows Violates Mental Model

Adding GNOME Usability list to the thread On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:18 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > I like OS X's approach, where minimized windows are sucked into the dock > with the "genie effect" then it will have it's own icon there > (screenshot<http:

Re: [Usability] Behavior of Minimizing Windows Violates Mental Model

in minimizing while incorporating Shell's innovations. On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:22 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Mon, 2010-11-15 at 23:24 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Hello, > > > > > > Just wanted to share a personal experience with GNOME Shell. One of > > i

[Usability] Treatment for Minimized Windows on GNOME Shell

Hello, We really have to define the treatment for minimized windows. Thought there's a discussion going on regarding the possibility of ditching the minimize window feature, we'll have to define this unless the minimize feature is gone for real. After all, getting rid of that feature *can* be coun

[Usability] Appearance Of Switching To A Window On Another Workspace on GNOME Shell

Hello, I noticed that switching to a window on another workspace can be disorienting especially if there are many workspaces created. I recommend showing the workspace indicator (the thing that comes out when user clicks ctrl + alt + left/right) during the animation of the act of window switching.

Re: [Usability] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

In the Ubuntu side of things, Unity's pursuing the menu on the top panel. How about for GNOME Shell? One of the most compelling options is the AppMenu<http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Design/Whiteboards/AppMenu>. What's the status of this in GNOME Shell? On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:

Re: [Usability] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

Hello, What exactly are you referring to? The AppMenu? On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:29 PM, Johannes Schmid wrote: > Hi! > > > There's been a long discussion on this (see archives in July and > > August). In the Ubuntu side of things, Unity's pursuing the menu on > > the top panel. How about for GN

Re: [Usability] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

Been reading those docs, but I don't know what exactly you're pointing to. What specific details about the AppMenu or the idea of doing something with the menu bar are you referring to? On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Johannes Schmid wrote: > Hi! > > > > What exactly are you referring to? The A

Re: [Usability] The Future of Window Borders, Menu Bars, and More

h dbus? Will the same technology be used if ever the AppMenu concept (with more than just the existing "Quit" item, of course) is implemented? On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 11:15 PM, Johannes Schmid wrote: > Hi! > > On Wed, 2010-12-01 at 23:09 +0800, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Been

[Usability] Taking Advantage of Spatial Memory with the GS Window Picker

Hello, The Dash and the planned Workspace Switcher take advantage of the user's spatial memory. It does so by having a fixed arrangement of items (app icons for Dash/workspaces for Workspace Switcher). Their linear order of the items can also be changed manu

Re: [Usability] Taking Advantage of Spatial Memory with the GS Window Picker

> Hey Allan! (Our names being the same still cracks me up!) > Same here. lol Instead of manual rearrangement, you could order windows according to > the sequence in which they were opened, or the order in which they were > viewed (there could even be possibilities for alt-tab integration > there).

Re: [Usability] Taking Advantage of Spatial Memory with the GS Window Picker

ions with tasks and workspaces. > > Best regards, > Andreas > > On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:39 AM, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Hello, > > The Dash and the planned Workspace Switcher take advantage of the user's > > spatial memory. It does so by having a fixed arr

Re: [Usability] Taking Advantage of Spatial Memory with the GS Window Picker

Maintaining height and width proportion is important for recognition. You know that your Empathy buddy list has this certain shape so it's easier to find it if it maintains the shape in its instance in the Window Picker. As for zooming in on mouse hover or something, that would be a useful feature

[Usability] Recognizing GNOME-compliant apps

Hello, Got this idea about starting an initiative to recognize apps that comply with GNOME standards, which may or may not be limited to the HIG. I'm not sure what else to consider. The motivation behind is to pay homage to those deserving projects, promote the use of those apps vs. noncompliant

Re: [Usability] Recognizing GNOME-compliant apps

rement > - release schedule and adherence > > This is basically the criteria that I assume are used to judge apps > for acceptance into the new Applications release-team category. > > Gabriel > > On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Allan Caeg wrote: > > Hello, > >

Re: [Usability] Touchscreen and gestures

Good catch. It actually has to be covered. Is it, guys? On 4/18/11 6:35 PM, Heiko Tietze wrote: Hello, I just read about handling of touchscreen and gestures at MSDN [1] and was wondering if Gnome HIG discuss that topic as well. MS discuss some important issues like control size, distance of c

Re: [Usability] Annoying hot spot location

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