[WikiEN-l] Usability Study Results (Sneak Preview)

[pemika ruk.]

Fuck U

On 5/7/09, Parul Vora <pvora at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> Thanks for all of the feedback, comments, and support. I just wanted to
> let you know that our full report (including highlight videos!!) is now
> 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
>> with SF based Bolt Peters in late March to uncover barriers new
>> editors face. We are in the process of completing a full report on our
>> methodology, process and analysis, but wanted to share with you some
>> of the major themes and findings in the meantime....
>>
>>
>> Some quotes from our participants that illustrate these findings:
>>
>> “Usually it’s the most information in the easiest spot to access. It
>> always looks very well put together….it boggles my mind how many
>> people can contribute and it still looks like an encyclopedia.” – ‘Galen’
>>
>> “I like Wikipedia because it’s plain text and nothing flashes” –
>> ‘Claudia’
>>
>> “Rather than making a mess, I’d rather take some time to figure out
>> how to do it right."
>> (later) "There sure is a lot of stuff to read.” – ‘Dan’
>>
>> “ [I felt] kind of stupid.” – ‘Galen’
>>
>> “It’d be nice to have a GUI, so you could see what you’re editing.
>> You’ve made these changes and you’re looking at it, and you don’t know
>> how it’s going to look on the page. It’s a little clumsy to see how
>> it’s going to look.” – ‘Bryan’
>>
>> “[This is] where I’d give up.” – ‘Shaun’
>>
>>
>> Check out the full post on the foundation blog:
>> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/24/usability-study-results-sneak-preview/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We would love to hear any initial thoughts, opinions, and reactions.
>> If you have any similar or dissimilar experiences - either personally
>> 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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