A bit late, I'm catching up on emails. :)
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 08:51, Naoko Komura nkomura@wikimedia.org wrote:
One of the important components of the usability initiative is to conduct multiple rounds of usability tests. The plan is to conduct at least three rounds of tests for qualitative usability evaluation over the span of twelve months, i) the initial evaluation, ii) the progress evaluation, and iii) the final evaluation. The initial usability test is scheduled on March 24, 25th and 26th. In-person lab tests are conducted in San Francisco at the first two days, and remote tests will be conducted on the third day.
As a preparation for the initial usability test, we incorporated the recruiting tool into English Wikipedia's site notice. You might have encountered site notice inviting for the participation. The target audience of testers are Wikipedia readers who have little or no experience in editing the Wikipedia articles. The banner is displayed within the range of 1:400 to 1:100 page views, and it will continue till early next week.
We look forward to learning from the usability tests and sharing the result with you.
Are there any plans to have usability tests in other languages than English and other "cultures" than "North-American"? It seems to me these two factors actually would play quite a role in the way people interact with the software and probably should be taken into account.
Thanx,
Delphine