[TYPO3-hci] Surveys and known facts?

[Patrick Broens]

Sebastian Erlhofer wrote:
> I will close the usability-survey end of next week. Your comments are
> welcome in the wiki. We then will try to get it online as fast as
> possible.
Wow, that's quick. I understand why, because this issue is on the list 
since june. We should ask everyones opinion who is in this list about 
the definite version before going online.
> 
> Greetings,
> -sebastian
Patrick
> 
> 
>> Hi all,
>> At my day job (Technical University Eindhoven www.tue.nl) we have dozens
>> if
>> not hundreds of what you'd call regular-to-newbie TYPO3 users plus a small
>> set of experienced ones. I'd be happy to arrange for a survey to be
>> distributed among them and return the results here.
>>
>> Bas
>>
>> --------- Original Message --------
>> From: TYPO3 human computer interaction team
>> <typo3-team-hci at lists.netfielders.de>
>> To: typo3-team-hci at lists.netfielders.de
>> <typo3-team-hci at lists.netfielders.de>
>> Subject: Re: [TYPO3-hci] Surveys and known facts?
>> Date: 17/11/06 11:40
>>
>>> Patrick Broens wrote:
>>> &gt; Hi Staffan,
>>> &gt;
>>> &gt; +1
>>> &gt;
>>> &gt; There was already a suggestion about this from Sebastian Erlhofer
>>> in
>>> &gt; June. I think the best way to get to know wat a
>>> newby/regular/expert
>>> &gt; user thinks about TYPO3 and its usability is having a survey. We
>>> can
>>> &gt; invent a lot of new functionality, but are the regular users
>>> waiting
>> for
>>> &gt; such improvements? After all, almost everybody in this list is not
>>> a
>>> &gt; regular user.
>>>
>>> That is the first rule we all should remember. Kasper is the most
>>> tainted user - so ignore him :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> &gt; The only question right now is if we can get enough regular and
>> novice
>>> &gt; users to participate. That all depends on the promotion of the
>>> survey
>> by
>>> &gt; the agencies who provide TYPO3 for their clients.
>>>
>>> A massive PR campaign is needed and probably some work to get companies
>>> with interests in TYPO3 to participate.
>>>
>>> &gt; You can find the draft for the survey Sebastian suggested at
>>> &gt; http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Usability_Survey
>>> &gt;
>>> &gt; To get a good impression it really needs to be updated with other
>>> &gt; questions then available right now.
>>> &gt;
>>> &gt; Some things we have to take care about:
>>> &gt; (1) The survey has to be multilingual, not only in English. A lot
>>> of
>>> &gt; regular users have setup their backend to their own language and
>> don't
>>> &gt; know what you are talking about when using English terms only.
>>>
>>> + 3 And should be possible. Automatic translation as base - so that
>>> terms stays the same. Put me up for Swedish!
>>>
>>> &gt; (2) Separate the questions according to the role and the experience
>>> &gt; users have. Don't show questions about Typoscript when the
>>> respondent
>> is
>>> &gt; a newby editor.
>>>
>>> +1 Absolutely necessary.
>>>
>>> &gt; (3) Use images to explain the questions and the answers provided.
>>> &gt; (4) There are a lot of suggestions how we can improve the
>>> usability.
>>> &gt; Show them in the survey and ask what the respondents think of it.
>>> For
>>> &gt; instance the discussion pull-down menu / tabbed menu / separate
>> windows
>>> &gt; on a desktop.
>>>
>>> &gt; It will be quite some task to conduct a survey like this and I'm
>> willing
>>> &gt; to cooperate in it, as I am the developer of pbsurvey :-))
>>>
>>> Thats a nice addition to the work force :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> &gt; Maybe it is a good idea to have this survey before the -not
>>> planned-
>>> &gt; meeting of the HCI group. The results can be very interesting for
>> this
>>> &gt; meeting.
>>>
>>>
>>> I guess so - maybe not a huge one - but some kind of survey is probably
>>> needed to get a grip of the situation.
>>>
>>> ..staffan, Sweden
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