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Hi,<br>
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One issue, if you are testing with users familiar with other GIS, is
that they are biased towards a specific product. If you test with a
ArcGIS or MapInfo user they will regard anything that behaves
different as inferior or difficult.<br>
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For this reason it would be interesting to have study with users who
are completely new to a GIS and haven't used a different product
before. Did you consider to do a study with people unfamiliar with
GIS? Just because ArcGIS or Mapinfo does something one way, it
doesn't mean that we need to copy this behavior (like gvSIG does it
with ArcView 3). It is similar with terms. Just because ArcGIS
defines something, it does not mean it is the best, generally
understandable and expected term.<br>
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Nevertheless your study is very interesting - thank you for
conducting it and sharing it. It shows that there is still a lot do
regarding usability and it provides some concrete hints where we
could improve. <br>
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The Georectification task is something where I also experienced with
my users that they weren't able to do complete everything without my
help. This particular task, while technically solved and
functionality wise complete, would need some additional help and
guiding, especially for new users.<br>
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I will have to study your report in more detail to draw more
conclusions. Thank you very much for your contribution!<br>
<br>
Andreas<br>
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On 2/11/11 12:15 PM, yilmaz asli wrote:
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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>I tried to attach the report but it is blocked some how,
needs administors' acception, I think..</div>
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<div>thanks, </div>
<div>Aslı<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:10 AM, yilmaz
asli <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:aslimail2me@gmail.com">aslimail2me@gmail.com</a>></span>
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<div>Hi Nathan,</div>
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<div>Ok. In two weeks, I am going to finalize and share it on
the mailing list. Thanks for your interest.</div>
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<div>Aslı.<br>
<br>
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