[Usability] Fwd: RE: requesting permission

[Celeste Lyn Paul <celeste kde org>]

FYI

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Hi Celeste,
 
I posted my survey link to the kde usability list, but it was returned as 
spam. Do you have any ideas as to how I could reach the kde usability people 
and developers another way? (I pasted the message below.)

Thanks,
Paula
 
I am looking for responses from a larger number of participants who have 
contributed to an open source project where usability is considered. 
 
As a graduate student in the College of IST at Penn State University, I am 
researching the role of usability expertise in Free/Libre/Open source 
Software (FLOSS) projects. This includes looking at how usability issues are 
handled. Responses from developers and usability engineers are essential, as 
well as from other contributors, including users and user/developers.
 
The survey will take no longer than 15 to 20 minutes, and your responses will 
help me (and others) understand how open source contributors approach 
usability in FLOSS projects. If you would like to complete the survey, please 
go to: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gAODMj1MTFDFfAxhbOUXcg%3d%3d
 
At the end of the survey you will have to option to participate later in an 
interview and/or to receive the results of the survey. 
 
Thanks in advance for your participation. Please feel free to contact me if 
you have any questions or concerns.
Paula Bach
 
Paula M. Bach, PhD Candidate 
http://cscl.ist.psu.edu/public/users/pbach/index.html
Computer-Supported Collaboration and Learning Lab
Penn State Human Computer Interaction Center 
College of Information Sciences and Technology 
The Pennsylvania State University 

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From: Celeste Lyn Paul [mailto:celeste kde org]
Sent: Thu 5/17/2007 7:33 AM
To: Paula Bach
Subject: Re: requesting permission



Yes, you may link to anything.. may I ask which survey it is you are linking
to?  If you need further information about KDE's role in open source
usability, or open source usability in general, feel free to contact me.  You
might also want to look at OpenUsability.org and contact Jan Meuhlig or Ellen
Reitmayr.

~ C

On Wednesday 16 May 2007 18:53:42 you wrote:
> Hello
>
> I am a PhD Candidate in the College of Information Sciences and Technology
> at Penn State University. I am studying the role of HCI expertise in open
> source software development and I will be conducting a survey about
> usability practices in open source software development. I am asking
> permission to post a link to a survey on your email list.
>
> Please let me know if it is okay post a link to the survey.
>
> Thank you,
> Paula
>
> Paula M. Bach, PhD Candidate
> Computer-Supported Collaboration and Learning Lab
> Penn State Human Computer Interaction Center
> College of Information Sciences and Technology
> The Pennsylvania State University



--
Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org



-- 
Celeste Lyn Paul
KDE Usability Project
usability.kde.org