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You gotta see ScreenToaster.com <http://www.screentoaster.com/> . It's a Flash webapp that records your screen, audio, and webcam. Does it from a VNC server too. This does a lot of things we want our app to do. Allan On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Allan Caeg <allanc...@gmail.com> 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 with the date/time etc. > > I know now! let's do it the way Istanbul and gtk-recordmydesktop do it. > There's a panel icon that you click to start recording the session ( > http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/35152/screenshot_031_yg2Pfb.png ). When > it's started, it turns into > http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/35153/screenshot_032_g2P0s8.png . > > I have to say that, at times, I would like to have the ability to switch on > an observe option in silverback - I am a big fan of getting stakeholders to > observe testing live (although I tend to use silverback when I'm out the the > field an observation is less practical). I have dreams of being about to > stream the sessions live so that others can view them from their desk whilst > I'm out researching wherever I like. There's more than software to worry > about there tho! > > That's a good feature to have. After all, the researcher can just choose > to use it or not to use it. However, if it is technically hard to develop > this feature, we can postpone this for later versions. If it's easy to > implement, by all means, let's have it. It's just that, if all stakeholders > have to pay attention to the testing while it's being done, it could be > time-consuming for a lot of people because a session can involve a lot of > pausing. After all, the quality of the video wouldn't improve if they watch > it live. You can just email the video when it's done so they can watch it > during their own time. > > agree re: visualising mouseclicks - this is useful and clients tend to like > it a lot. > > re: controls for stopping/pausing the session - personally I don't tend to > use the apple remote for these tasks, I just take control of the computer :) > (the test is being disrupted for one reason or another so it doesn't tend to > be a problem). What you *can* do with the remote in Silverback that is very > useful is to be able to mark points of interest so you can go back and take > clips from the video at a later date. This is a great timesaver, and I'd > recommend that we try to work this in somehow. The advantage of using the > remote to do this is that it is unobtrusive so you're not telling > effectively telling the participant 'you're doing something very interesting > now', but perhaps using an outlying key on the keyboard would be an > acceptable alternative, given that we don't have the 'remote' option? > (unless we can do something fancy with bluetooth + mobile phone... or that > could be me dreaming again!) > > As I mentioned, I think, it's best to have the little panel icon to record > and stop :) > > re: what we call them - I've always preferred 'participants'. > > Great! :) > > ________________________ > Leisa Reichelt > Disambiguity.com > Freelance Contextual Research, User Centred Design & Social Design > > le...@disambiguity.com > +44 778 071 2129 > > > 2009/12/22 Allan Caeg <allanc...@gmail.com> > >> Cool. >> >> How does the tester's screen look like while the testing session is >> running? Does it look like an ordinary computer screen or is there any trace >> of Silverback? >> >> Now, I think, an "observe" feature isn't needed. First of all, it would be >> hard to implement. It's also hard to gather all stakeholders for them to >> view testing sessions while it is running and if the tester finds out, that >> would be awkward for him or her. >> >> I have new features in mind. I saw a morae session once. On playback, it >> highlights where the mouse is. Silverback also shows if the tester clicks >> the mouse. That would be a cool feature to have. >> >> We have to figure out how to control sessions, though. Without an observe >> feature (where I think, we can control the running session), how are we >> supposed to be able to pause and stop the session? Silverback does it with >> an Apple remote. I think, it's best if we just settle with something much >> simpler like having keyboard shortcuts for play, pause, and stop? >> >> Btw, let's just not call our testers "test subjects" like how Silverback >> people call them. As a psych major, I was disturbed. Let's call them >> "testers" or "participants" :D >> >> >> On Tuesday, 22 December, 2009 10:15 AM, Leisa Reichelt wrote: >> >> oh look, here's one they prepared earlier :) >> http://www.vimeo.com/1393885?pg=embed&sec=1393885 >> >> it's 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 >> +44 778 071 2129 >> >> >> 2009/12/22 Allan Caeg <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 trial, but I don't have a Mac to test it :) >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> Allan >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, 22 December, 2009 10:05 AM, Leisa Reichelt wrote: >>> >>> hi guys >>> >>> new to this list, so hope you don't mind me adding my 2c here - just >>> wanted to check that you've taken a look at silverbackapp.com as a >>> reference interface for this project. It doesn't have an observer mode, just >>> runs usability test capture (screen capture + headshot) from a Mac, but has >>> a fairly nice, simple admin UI - worth a look and I think you can get a 30 >>> day trial for free. If not, sing out and I'm happy to do a screencast of my >>> installation. >>> >>> hope that helps and good luck with this project - it's definitely >>> needed! >>> >>> Leisa >>> ________________________ >>> Leisa Reichelt >>> Disambiguity.com >>> Freelance Contextual Research, User Centred Design & Social Design >>> >>> le...@disambiguity.com >>> +44 778 071 2129 >>> >>> >>> 2009/12/22 Allan Caeg <allanc...@gmail.com> >>> >>>> Maybe, on the welcome screen, we can just use something like what I >>>> proposed earlier ( http://i.imagehost.org/0753/welcome.png ) then when >>>> the user selects the project he wants, he'll see all the sessions there. >>>> >>>> That would create less visual noise, because you wont see every session >>>> from different projects on the welcome screen. After all, if you have a >>>> session in mind, you know what project contains it. :) >>>> >>>> By the way, there's a GNOME 3 usability hackfest on feb 22-26. Ivanka is >>>> going to be there too. I think, this project deserves some attention there. >>>> After all, they're talking about Pongo there ;) >>>> >>>> Allan >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, 21 December, 2009 02:38 PM, Natan Yellin wrote: >>>> >>>> OK. I was thinking that we could always show individual sessions and >>>> just group them under project headings. >>>> >>>> Something like: >>>> Recent Sessions: >>>> * Project 1 >>>> - Session 1 >>>> - Session 2 >>>> - View All >>>> >>>> * Project 2 >>>> - Session 1 >>>> - Session 2 >>>> - View All >>>> >>>> * View All Projects >>>> >>>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Allan Caeg <allanc...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Good question.. I was thinking that it's going to be one project. A >>>>> project is a group of related sessions. I just don't know if that's >>>>> technically feasible. If it's not it's just going to be one session. >>>>> >>>>> On Monday, 21 December, 2009 02:29 PM, Natan Yellin wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Yes. >>>>> >>>>> 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 <allanc...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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 like: >>>>>> [View a past session] [Record a new session] >>>>>> >>>>>> Clicking on [Record a new session] would open up a window with some >>>>>> default settings. The user would then click on a [Create Session] button >>>>>> afterwhich the window would be the same as if it was opened with [Record >>>>>> a >>>>>> new Session] >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Natan Yellin <aan...@gmail.com>wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> What about an overview window with buttons like: >>>>>>> [View a past session] [Record a new session] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> After clicking on [Re >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:19 AM, James Moschou < >>>>>>> james.mosc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> > What app did you use to make this mockup? :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Gtk Builder/Glade >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Also I agree that a wizard would not work. I just didn't want a >>>>>>>> prepare/setup tab that would become useless once the recording has >>>>>>>> started. >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Usability mailing list >>>>>>>> Usability@gnome.org >>>>>>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Usability mailing list >>>> Usability@gnome.org >>>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
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