<html><body><div>Hello Māris,</div><div><br></div><div>just to add some other info, we did several surveys among GRASS users about first-time user experience with Anna, Martin and Vashek and we also tested old and new startup mechanisms in a real environment within the usability testing - you can have a look at our article: https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/12/9/376.</div><div><br></div><div>As Anna has already written, the results of usability testing were indeed mixed but I would like to emphasize one thing - most of the usability participants (first-time users) said to me that
they simply expect they will be directly redirected to the main
software window where they can start working without knowing anything
about the software. The current "info bar" solution goes in that direction and although I have to admit that it has flaws there are ways how to make it better and Anna has already written some points.</div><br><div>I think it would be nice to focus on how to make the current solution better (it is definitely doable and even desirable) and not go back to some alternatives to the old solution.</div><div>Above that, it would be extremely time-consuming to implement any dialog wizards and at the same time the impact of that "dialog" solution is very uncertain - one important thing we also learned from surveys and discussions inside/outside the community is that the one good generally acceptable solution simply does not exist here - it will always be a compromise.<br></div><br><div>Just my two cents. :-)<br></div><div>Linda<br></div><div><br></div><aside>---------- Původní e-mail ----------<br>Od: Maris Nartiss via grass-dev <grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org><br>Komu: Anna Petrášová <kratochanna@gmail.com>, Veronica Andreo <veroandreo@gmail.com><br>Kopie: GRASS-dev <grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org><br>Datum: 15. 2. 2024 13:04:24<br>Předmět: Re: [GRASS-dev] GSoC Ideas</aside><br><blockquote data-email="grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org">Hello Anna, Vero.<br>I added the welcome screen idea we discussed during our Prague<br>meeting. I think it would be a good GSOC project as it is quite easy<br>and at the same time will allow to understand if it is the way to go.<br>Anna, would you be able to be a co-mentor as it is a GUI project? Or<br>who else could be?<br>Vero, your user-centric view also would be valuable.<br>Please edit the wiki accordingly.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Māris.<br><br>sestd., 2024. g. 3. febr., plkst. 06:34 — lietotājs Anna Petrášová via<br>grass-dev (<grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org>) rakstīja:<br>><br>> Hi,<br>><br>> I created a GSoC Ideas 2024 page on grasswiki (as opposed to trac wiki, which I think we should be moving away from):<br>> https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GSoC_Ideas_2024<br>><br>> It's not updated yet, I plan to add more topics. If you want to mentor a topic, we can discuss it here.<br>><br>> Anna<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> grass-dev mailing list<br>> grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev<br>_______________________________________________<br>grass-dev mailing list<br>grass-dev@lists.osgeo.org<br>https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/grass-dev<br></blockquote></body></html>