KDE Usability Project August 9 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

1 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Looking Back and Moving Forward The Past, Present and Future of the KDE Usability Project August 9 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul celeste@kde.org KDE Usability Project usability.kde.org Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

2 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project What is the KDE Usability Project?  Promote usability  Educate developers  Practice usability Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

3 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Past Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

4 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project In the beginning... ... everyone was a developer Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

5 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project In the beginning... For developers, by developers Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

6 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Wary of “Experts” Mo' users mo' problems Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

7 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Usamajility? Incomplete knowledge of usability Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

8 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Usabmajility? Kastle 2003 Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

9 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Usamajility? Conferences, Blogging, Reports Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

10 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Wary of “Experts” Few “usability experts” involved Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

11 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Wary of “Experts” Usability FUD Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

12 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Wary of “Experts” Credibility/Competency Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

13 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Wary of “Experts” Signal:Noise Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

14 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Present Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

15 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Successes The Word Is Out Usability is cool Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

16 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Successes: The Word Is Out We want usability now what? Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

17 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Successes We Got Some Stuff Done KDE PIM, KOffice, Okular, Printing... Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

18 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Successes: We Got Some Stuff Done 20+ reports from 2005-2007 Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

19 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Failures Where Is Everybody? We hit critical mass... Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

20 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Failures: Where is Everybody? ... and imploded Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

21 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Failures What Guidelines? HIG development is slow Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

22 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Failures: What Guidelines? Key authors went AFK IRL Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

23 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Problems Missing the “User” in UCD Users have minimal involvement Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

24 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Problems: Missing the “User” in UCD Ineffective avenues for user involvement Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

25 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Future Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

26 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project KDE != Usable (yet) Slow but steady progress Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

27 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project KDE != Usable (yet) One person can only do so much Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

28 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Institutionalize Usability Attack from the top -> down Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

29 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Institutionalize Usability Usability is on the fringe Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

30 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Institutionalize Usability Global view of usability Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

31 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Educate Developers Usability goes beyond testing Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

32 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Educate Developers User Research! User Research! Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

33 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Developer usability methods Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

34 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project How and when to integrate usability Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

35 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Need More Designers WTB Contributors PST Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

36 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Need More Designers Arsenal of methods Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

37 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Need More Designers Solve the harder problems Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

38 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Get Users Involved In a calm and orderly fashion Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

39 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Get Users Involved User Research! Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

40 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Get Users Involved Testing before release Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

41 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Get Users Involved Put the “user” back in to UCD Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

42 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Transition Period Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

43 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Activities  Become more involved in development  Assist and promote KDE User Research Profiles  Work with the user community  Blog about usability in KDE and open source  Continue work on the Human Interface Guidelines  Review UIs and design better ones Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

44 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project More Information  KDE Usability Project usability.kde.org  KDE4 Human Interface Guidelines Come to the Wednesday workshop for more information  OpenUsability openusability.org Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

45 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project KDE HCI Workshop (Wednesday)  Research Methods for Usability and Design Learn about the different research activities (some involving users) which can improve the usability of your software  User Groups and Personas Learn about the importance of user research and get help with your KDE User Research Profiles  Plasma and HCI Learn about current HCI issues and future goals of the Plasma Desktop  What's New in the KDE4 Human Interface Guidelines Review new patterns and guidelines, see some common HIG violations, and ask questions about uncommon cases and scenarios  KDE4 Open UI Workshop Bring screenshots and questions to get design help with during this interactive show-and-tell session Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

46 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Questions? Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

47 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project About Celeste  Open Source  KDE KDE Usability Project and HCI Working Group  Kubuntu Kubuntu Council  OpenUsability Season of Usability Mentor  Industry  User-Centered Design, Inc. Senior Interaction Architect  Weblog on usability in open source software weblog.obso1337.org  Email celeste (AT) kde (DOT) org Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)

48 The Past, Present, and Future of the KDE Usability Project Wrap Up Akademy 2008 Celeste Lyn Paul (celeste@kde.org)