Usability

[John Peter Tapsell]

On Mon, 23 Jul 2001, you wrote:
> 
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2001 at 03:05:42PM +0200, Anders Lindback wrote:
> > Alistair Davidson skrev:
> > > Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> 
> > > > From my perspective we do not have the ressources yet to run
> > > > or buy usability tests.
> > > 
> > > That's a shame. It's nice to have an answer to the question though.
> > > Thought: maybe we could get a company to sponsor them (I'm sure IBM or
> > > whoever would love the PR).
> 
> > The cost of a usability test is dirt cheap.  
> 
> Compared to the impact it is cheap.
> 
> > Its easy to make your own test if you know what how to do it.
> > The truth is that you only need a sample of 5 persones and some time.
> 
> Actually my company is offering usability tests 
> so I know what is necessary.
> Setting them up and use the results takes a lot of time.
> I do not have time to do it for the FSFE 
> as administrative things keep me busy.
> 
> > A simple usebility test should find somthing like 90% of all problems.
> 
> You need to work out what to test.
> 
> > The problem is not money, it's a problem of too little knowledge among
> > programmers about this issue. 
> 
> Agreed.
> I never said that it is a monetary problem.
> We are lacking people with usability know-how and time to help.
> Anybody feels like organising usability tests is welcome.

My boss is a leading expert on UI (if there is such a thing)... I could talk to
him... if i knew what kinda things to ask..




> 	Bernhard
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