spinynorman Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 DesktopLinux reports that Mandrakesoft is soliciting user opinions on usability, to improve the ergonomics of the desktop. Participate in the survey here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 (edited) Here's your chance guys, let Mandrake know what you think. I know a lot of you have opinions here, I've read many of 'em :P :lol: Going through it right now and found an interesting choiec. They have a drop down menu for a question about disaibilities they should take into account in developing software, one of the choices is "Dumbness". Not exactly politically correct, are they? :D Edited August 17, 2004 by tyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 That's nice, just filled it in. You would think they would be more curious about what features their users would like though... (I'm talking about spontaneous responses here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 (edited) The idea is to see exactly how the majority of users actually make use of their systems. Asking "what should we change?" is like asking "what's your name?", everyone has a different answer. If they know how the majority use their systems, they can design better for that majority. It's a very well designed survey, it gets just the information they need to step back and look at their design. Edited August 17, 2004 by tyme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnes Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 That's nice, just filled it in. You would think they would be more curious about what features their users would like though... (I'm talking about spontaneous responses here) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Agreed. Overall I thought the survey was well worth doing (and it is nice to see something like this happening), but I also wish they had asked what sort of features we would like to see (and perhaps which ones we would like to see the end of) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luizmdk Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 I answered, I wait that I have helped the staff of the MandrakeSoft B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 I answered, but some of the questions were vague. Especially the ones with the option 'Check this box only if you edit system files to configure your computer'. If I check that box, does it count against my maximum number of boxes for that question? Am I only supposed to check that box if I *never* go through the gui? Is that box only to be checked if you don't check any others? Is that really what the question means, or is a language problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarissi Posted August 17, 2004 Share Posted August 17, 2004 Well thought out, but, it did not go far enough. I would have said to get rid of the apps that DON'T work, and bring back some apps that may be considered not that popular (Falcon's Eye). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzatch Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 It could have been a bit more detailed. A suggestion box could have been good. but then again who would read 100,000 suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted August 18, 2004 Share Posted August 18, 2004 I wish I was able to chose more answers, but worth doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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