[Qgis-developer] Qgis usability tests

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi,

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.

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.

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.

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.

I will have to study your report in more detail to draw more 
conclusions. Thank you very much for your contribution!

Andreas

On 2/11/11 12:15 PM, yilmaz asli wrote:
> Hi,
> I tried to attach the report but it is blocked some how,  needs 
> administors' acception, I think..
> thanks,
> Aslı
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 9:10 AM, yilmaz asli <aslimail2me at gmail.com 
> <mailto:aslimail2me at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Nathan,
>     Ok. In two weeks, I am going to finalize and share it on the
>     mailing list. Thanks for your interest.
>     Aslı.
>
>

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