Re: Usability Tests [Was: Suggestion for the actual UI of GTK+'s New FileSelector]

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On Wed, 2004-01-07 at 18:03, Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:

> > That said, this is getting off-topic.  If nobody has any *real*
> > usability tests for the file selector, we're still at square 0.
> 
> And that won't happen without actually implementing something :)

It doesn't need to be "implemented" in code, though... a good paper
prototype is just as useful in the early stages for catching interaction
problems, and often better at encouraging users to suggest improvements
because it doesn't look "finished" already.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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