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Canonical
22 April 2011

Unity Benchmark Usability – April 2011

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

First and last impressions of Unity were that it was quite user-friendly, and pleasing in its design and ease of learning. The majority of participants left the session with very positive feelings and were looking forward to Unity’s release so they could download it. In short, participants in this testing session were considerably more po ...

Canonical
16 February 2011

Thunderbird in the Usability Lab!

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

 I have just completed sessions of usability testing of Thunderbird. This time, I had the pleasure of working with Andreas Nilsson, who came to London to observe the sessions. It was very useful to get his feedback and to work collaboratively with him on the analysis and implications of the findings. In addition to ...

Canonical
13 January 2011

Can We Appropriate Design?

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

’Appropriation’ – the taking of a product and using it for one’s own purposes, in ways unintended by the product creators – is implicitly at the core of the philosophy of opensource, because openness provides for change, adaptation and innovation. Design specifications Last year, I conducted several research projects to understand how d ...

Alejandra Obregon
27 November 2010

Participate in research

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Are you a developer or systems administrator that uses Ubuntu at work and/or at home?We’re looking for people who might be available to help us on a current research project in London on the 3rd and 10th December. If this sounds like you please get in touch. ...

Canonical
11 June 2010

When users first encounter Ubuntu: six showstoppers

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

We recently conducted usability testing to see how users respond to Ubuntu on their first encounter. Overall, first impressions are good.  Typical remarks include: “It is bold and different.” “Ubuntu is fresh and accessible ….” “This is good. People are getting tired of Windows.” What we were looking for during these sessions, however, we ...

Canonical
22 April 2010

CHI paper: What would other programmers do: suggesting solutions to error messages

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Abstract Interpreting compiler errors and exception messages is challenging for novice programmers. Presenting examples of how other programmers have corrected similar errors may help novices understand and correct such errors. This paper introduces HelpMeOut, a social recommender system that aids the debugging of error messages by sugges ...

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