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Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 16:41:03 -0700
From: Parul Vora <pvora@wikimedia.org>
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Hi All!

Thanks for all of the feedback, comments, and support. I just wanted to=20
let you know that our full report (including highlight videos!!) is now=20
up our the Usability Initiative's project wiki:

http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/UX_and_Usability_Study

- The Usability Team


Parul Vora wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> The Wikipedia Usability Initiative conducted a user research study=20
> with SF based Bolt Peters in late March to uncover barriers new=20
> editors face. We are in the process of completing a full report on our=20
> methodology, process and analysis, but wanted to share with you some=20
> of the major themes and findings in the meantime....
>
>
> Some quotes from our participants that illustrate these findings:
>
> =93Usually it=92s the most information in the easiest spot to access. I=
t=20
> always looks very well put together=85.it boggles my mind how many=20
> people can contribute and it still looks like an encyclopedia.=94 =96 =91=
Galen=92
>
> =93I like Wikipedia because it=92s plain text and nothing flashes=94 =96=
=20
> =91Claudia=92
>
> =93Rather than making a mess, I=92d rather take some time to figure out=
=20
> how to do it right."
> (later) "There sure is a lot of stuff to read.=94 =96 =91Dan=92
>
> =93 [I felt] kind of stupid.=94 =96 =91Galen=92
>
> =93It=92d be nice to have a GUI, so you could see what you=92re editing=
.=20
> You=92ve made these changes and you=92re looking at it, and you don=92t=
 know=20
> how it=92s going to look on the page. It=92s a little clumsy to see how=
=20
> it=92s going to look.=94 =96 =91Bryan=92
>
> =93[This is] where I=92d give up.=94 =96 =91Shaun=92
>
>
> Check out the full post on the foundation blog:
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/24/usability-study-results-sneak-prev=
iew/=20
>
>
>
> We would love to hear any initial thoughts, opinions, and reactions.=20
> If you have any similar or dissimilar experiences - either personally=20
> or in your own work/research, we'd love to hear about that too!
>
>
> Always on your side,
> The Usability Team
>


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