WE TEST YOUR SOLUTION

User Prompt announces the start of a large study on file managers. You are invited to participate!

The LibreOffice design team announces the start of a new online icon test. You are invited to participate!

In the development of icons, the metaphor plays a vital role to ensure reliable perception and comprehension. We introduce seven guidelines that help to create a balanced set of icons with high usability.

Which function do you expect when you see a pencil? To draw something or perhaps fill the background… But in the context of a word processor?

The results of the Milan user survey prove Tine 2.0 to be a mature groupware system. But as in real life: Growing up also causes some pain.

A statistical analysis shows that icons with less detail score better in terms of usability.

More than 3000 users took part in the first two LibreOffice icon tests. The demographics prove us to have gathered reliable data.

On the occasion of the large scale usability test of the LibreOffice Writer icons, this article explains how subjective and objective measurements can help to understand the quality of an icon-term relationship.

In the last weeks the Tine 2.0 team again asked the users to rate the Usability of Tine 2.0. The results show that for the first time Tine 2.0 has met the Usability goals for all sub-application. Also we learned a lot about the use of email and filters.

This is the last post about our LibreOffice survey done with UserWeave and we sum up the main findings. Find out about the users of LibreOffice and how motifs can help you to create better personas.

Do users want Ribbons? This post about the software preferences of LibreOffice users answers this and other intresting questions and is part of the results of our extensive user research.

The KDE Forge sprint 2011 will be held in Madrid this year. We are looking for your contribution.

Just a quick note, that we started a new user survey for Tine 2.0 on UserWeave. And you should participate!

Impress is for people that want to impress and Base and Calc will become extinct? Read about the users and the usage of LibreOffice applications as part of the results of our extensive study of LibreOffice users.

Motifs have the potential to make the creation of personas easier and more scientific. We have done some research together with the users of LibreOffice and show how to work with motifs.

More than 5400 people took part in our LibreOffice User study. The results give insights about who the users of LibreOffice are and how motifs can help to describe them.

The first user research survey for LibreOffice has just been closed. About 5400 participants exceeded our hopes and expectations by far.

The April 2011 survey with Tine 2.0 users shows a great satisfaction with teh current implementation. A “quick add” seems to be the most useful add-on.

We just started a quick new survey on UserWeave for our ongoing project Tine 2.0.

The last Tine 2.0 user survey shows great satisfaction. Most of the wishes users have are actually in the pipeline for the next release.

We just have published a new version for Kontact Mobile on Maemo. I would like to encourage you to tell us how you like it.

For the development of the new KDE Kontact based Free Software PIM client for smartphones, we are looking for testers.

Kontact Mobile – the new KDE Kontact based PIM client for your smartphone – has released a brand new beta version. And we are asking you for your feedback!

The new KDE based PIM client for the N900 is asking you to participate in our diary study. How does Kontact Mobile fit in your daily life?

The results of our last Tine 2.0 user surveys show that we are taking the right way in the development. Our Usability benchmarks are reached and we are adding the most wanted feature to the next version of Tine 2.0.

We are happy to announce a new project where you can participate! KDE Kontact will be made available on mobile phones and we want your feedback to make it feel great!

LinuxTag 2010 is about to start and we will – together with the OpenOffice.org User Experience team – hold an informal meeting on Usability in OpenSource.

The Tine 2.0 Mock-Up Challenge is closing the doors. This is you last chance to help to define the future of Tine 2.0.

The 2nd KMail icon test with almost 2000 participants revealed that most icons are working well, but there still is room for improvement for some.

The second icon test for KMail Icons is still running. If you have not participated yet, please do so now!

Please invest 5 minutes of your precious time and participate in our little survey to improve the quality of the oxygen icon-set!

More than 3000 people took part in the KMail Icon Test. Most icons are working well, but some need attention. Interesting results are touching cutural aspects of the design of icons.

Icons are used to visualise a term. An icon test evaluates the strength of this relationship based on subjective and objective indicators.

Today we are announcing the next user survey for Tine 2.0. The results of the past test prove us to be on the right track and encourage us to continue with this user involvement strategy.

Today we announce the start of a new study to evaluate the quality of KMail icons. Please participate.

From today our User Prompt blog is aggregated to planet KDE. We will be blogging about usability and user involvement in KDE.

The results of the last Tine 2.0 user survey give great insight in the usage and quality of the individual components of Tine 2.0 and sho that we are on a good track with the development.

We announce the immediate start a new user survey for Tine 2.0 to get your feedback on the future direction of development for Tine 2.0.

Results of the Tine 2.0 calendar Usability Test show a good overall usability and drag & drop to be the most missed feature.

The results of the Tine 2.0 icon test show the problems when icons are chosen from a standard icon set and are not developed individually.

We announce the immediate start of an icon test for Tine 2.0. Please participate!

Usability is not achieved by doing some tests. The spirit of the development has to foster the continuous improvement. An answer to thesis from Sam Dean and Matt Asay.

Meet us at LinuxTag 2009 in Berlin at the Tine 2.0 booth.

A usability test of Tine 2.0 Adressbook and CRM proves our design concept to be highliy appreciated by the user. Details leave room for improvement though.

Following the ‘eat your own dog food’-rule, our company moved from eGroupware to Tine 2.0 for productive use. A field report with happy ending.

A personal field report about my impressions of Adept as new package manager for KUbuntu. Unfortunately without happy ending.

The new groupware Tine 2.0 is ready to be tested. Your feedback is appreciated for further improvement.

The development of a new testing methodology for icons has matured. The test of TV-Browser icons shows a varying quality of icons.

The development of a new test for the quality of icons reaches the final state. In our validation study more than 22000 tests have been conducted.

We announce the availability of an online test of the quality of icons used in TV Browser. Please participate!

Tine 2.0 technology preview was presented on LinuxTag 2008.