KDE
KDE ist eine internationale Community zur Entwicklung freier Software mit einem integrierten Set an Cross-Plattform Anwendungen für Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Microsoft Windows und OS X systems.
Donnerstag, 10. September 2015 von Heiko Tietze, Andreas Kainz und Uri Herrera
Baloo KCM
KDE sprint in Randa boosts productivity since VDG members and developers talk directly to each other. In this blog post we present an alternative for the configuration of Baloo file search that meets the guidelines for KCMs.mehr...
Mittwoch, 9. September 2015 von Heiko Tietze, Andreas Kainz und Uri Herrera
Look and Feel of Plasma sidebars
KDE sprint in Randa boosts productivity since VDG members and developers talk directly to each other. Goal of this proposal is to unify the user experience of Plasma sidebars.mehr...
Montag, 24. August 2015 von Heiko Tietze und Alexander Mezin
KDE control module usability using the example of KCM for pointing devices
After reorganizing the system setting structure, the KDE control modules (KCM) should be updated as well. The pointing device KCM should be the proof-of-concept for all design ideas. Your feedback is highly appreciated, especially in respect to the duality of simple vs. advanced.mehr...
Dienstag, 18. August 2015 von Heiko Tietze
Usability at the KDE sprint in Randa
Upcoming KDE sprint in Randa will offer the opportunity to talk about usability, to improve user experience, and to discuss the workflow of applications.mehr...
Mittwoch, 20. Mai 2015 von Heiko Tietze
KSysGuard: The Green Paper
This green paper summarizes user comments regarding needs and wishes for a new KSysGuard and presents a couple of mockups to initiate the discussion at the KDE forums.mehr...
Freitag, 8. Mai 2015 von Heiko Tietze, Stefan Lahner und Eshton Robateau
KSysGuard: What are your requirements from a system monitor?
The KDE system monitor needs an update. In the first step we like to ask you to join the brainstorming about requirements. What do you want integrated into KSysGuard?mehr...
Montag, 27. April 2015 von Heiko Tietze
Spring break for the KDE system monitor
KSysGuard underperformes in both visual as well as functional respect. Unfortunately it is not actively maintained yet so we are looking for developers first before starting with ideas about the redesign.mehr...
Freitag, 27. März 2015 von Björn Balazs
Help to find better metaphors
A big problem of KDE Activities is their name. It builds up a poor mental model and thus makes life hard for users. With this post we ask you to help us finding a better name for the underlying concepts.mehr...
Mittwoch, 11. März 2015 von Björn Balazs
Discuss the Future of Activities and Virtual Desktops
We ask for your feedback on a future scenario on what Activities and Virtual Desktops could evolve to.mehr...
Dienstag, 24. Februar 2015 von Björn Balazs
Campaign to Better Involve Users
Sign and share our campaign to create tools that allow users to actively participate in the development of products.mehr...
Dienstag, 10. Februar 2015 von Björn Balazs
Rapid UI development for TrustBridge
TrustBridge is a secure root certificate installer for Windows and Linux. In this article we outline the development of the User Experience.mehr...
Montag, 8. Dezember 2014 von Björn Balazs
Why do(n’t) you use Activities?
On our quest for improving the concept of Virtual Desktops and Activities on the KDE Desktop, we once again ask you to share your experiences.mehr...
Donnerstag, 4. Dezember 2014 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Die Kano-Methode zur Priorisierung funktionaler Anforderungen
Anhand von Daten der Anwenderbefragung zu KGet zeigen wir, wie die Kano-Methode in Massively Multi-user Online Surveys eingesetzt werden kann.mehr...
von Heiko Tietze und Thomas Pfeiffer
What people think about KGet
We present the results of the survey how people currently use KGet.mehr...
Freitag, 21. November 2014 von Heiko Tietze und Thomas Pfeiffer
Please participate in a survey about KDE’s download manager KGet
Please participate in a survey about KDE's download manager KGet.mehr...
Donnerstag, 13. November 2014 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
How designers think about ‚Save as…‘
In a short survey we analyzed the association for a couple of newly introduced 'Save as...' icons compared to the classic floppy symbol.mehr...
Dienstag, 11. November 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Find the best Icon for ‚Save as…‘
Our friends from the World Usability Day in Stuttgart started a competition to create a new icon for 'Save as...'. We ask you to crowd curate the best one!mehr...
Montag, 10. November 2014 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Extracting the DNA of icons
We present a way to measure the quality of icons using a large scale online test. With this data in hand, we seek inspiration on effects on the quality of icon sets.mehr...
Freitag, 31. Oktober 2014 von Björn Balazs
How do Virtual Desktops make your life easier?
Virtual Desktops are an important part not only of the KDE experience. We seek your feedback on the question how Virtual Desktops actually affect your life.mehr...
Mittwoch, 22. Oktober 2014 von Heiko Tietze
How could KTracks look like?
In a series of articles we illustrate the user centered design process from scratch, based on a still missing application in the KDE world: KTracks, an endurance activity tracker. In this part #3 we present mockups of the application.mehr...
Montag, 20. Oktober 2014 von Heiko Tietze
What do you require from KTracks?
In a series of articles we illustrate the user centered design process from scratch, based on a still missing application in the KDE world: KTracks, an endurance activity tracker. In this part #2 we talk about requirements.mehr...
Freitag, 17. Oktober 2014 von Heiko Tietze
What is KTracks?
In a series of articles we illustrate the user centered design process from scratch, based on a still missing application in the KDE world: KTracks, an endurance activity tracker.mehr...
Dienstag, 30. September 2014 von Björn Balazs
Free Usability Mentoring during Qt Developer Days Europe
Due to the generous sponsoring of KDAB, we are able to offer free Usability and User Experience mentoring sessions during Qt Developer Days Europe 2014.mehr...
Mittwoch, 24. September 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Crystal
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Crystal icon set.mehr...
Dienstag, 23. September 2014 von Heiko Tietze, Andreas Cord-Landwehr und Björn Balazs
Reprise of Akademy 2014: Artikulate
During Akademy 2014 BoFs we scrutinized some applications usability and visual design. In this article we present the outcome of our work with the KDE pronunciation trainer 'Artikulate'.mehr...
Samstag, 20. September 2014 von Heiko Tietze und Martin Yrjölä
Vote for your Keyboard Layout Switcher plasmoid
Please vote for your favored design and workflow of the KDE keyboard switcher plasmoid.mehr...
Freitag, 19. September 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Humanity
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Humanity icon set.mehr...
Dienstag, 16. September 2014 von Heiko Tietze und Jens Reuterberg
Reprise of Akademy 2014: KCM for network manager
Based on a BoF workshop and discussions during the Akademy 2014, we present a proposal for discussion how to integrate the network manager settings into KDE's system setting.mehr...
Freitag, 12. September 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Treepata
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Treepata icon set.mehr...
Donnerstag, 4. September 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Elementary
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Elementary icon set.mehr...
von Björn Balazs
Akademy: Getting Usability / UX advice for your project
To get Usability and UX advice for your project, Akademy is the perfect place. If you are interested, please register your project in our 'User Interface Design Room' timetable.mehr...
Mittwoch, 3. September 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Breeze
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Breeze icon set.mehr...
Montag, 1. September 2014 von Björn Balazs
Talking at KDE Akademy
At KDE Akademy starting Friday in Brno I will outline in a talk 'A quick guide how you can save the world or why it is impossible to do usability.'mehr...
Samstag, 30. August 2014 von User Prompt
UX @ Akademy 2014
We are going to Akademy 2014.mehr...
Freitag, 29. August 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Tango
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Tango icon set.mehr...
Mittwoch, 27. August 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Nitrux
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Nitrux icon set.mehr...
Dienstag, 26. August 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Nuvola
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Nuvola icon set.mehr...
Freitag, 22. August 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Faenza
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Faenza icon set.mehr...
Dienstag, 19. August 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Intermediate results of the icon tests: Oxygen
With a series of icon tests we currently study effects on the usability of icon design. This article however does not focus on these general design effects but presents findings specific to the Oxygen icon set.mehr...
Freitag, 4. Juli 2014 von Heiko Tietze und Thomas Pfeiffer
KDE HIG: Search refined
The search pattern was analyzed, discussed and finally added to the KDE HIG. We outline the concept by means of modified KMail.mehr...
Sonntag, 22. Juni 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
KDE Network Manager: Results of the Card Sorting
Some weeks ago we asked you for your participation in the online sorting of KDE Network Manager details. This article presents the results.mehr...
Donnerstag, 12. Juni 2014 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
KDE System Settings: About the general navigation
KDE system settings are subject of ongoing discussions. In this article we present two alternative interactive prototypes for a possible future of the design. Please vote for the approach you like most.mehr...
Montag, 19. Mai 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
KDE Network Manager: Understanding the mental model
We ask you to participate in a card-sorting study about the details of KDE Network Manager. With this study we want to better understand how to structure the available details.mehr...
Donnerstag, 8. Mai 2014 von Heiko Tietze und Thomas Pfeiffer
Results of Card Sorting the KDE System Settings
Recently we run a survey on KDE's system setting with the goal to rearrange the control modules. Here we present the results and discuss a possible structure for the future system settings.mehr...
Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2014 von Björn Balazs
KDE Network Manager: Details sorted
More than 800 people participated in our online sorting of the KDE Network Manager details. In this article we present the results.mehr...
Montag, 5. Mai 2014 von Heiko Tietze
KDE HIG: The Search Pattern
For search and filter operations various solutions exist in KDE applications. We propose a new guideline for the search pattern to make UX consistent and reliable.mehr...
Sonntag, 27. April 2014 von Heiko Tietze
Re-sort KDE control modules
We like to ask you to participate in a study to improve organization of KDE control modules and system settings.mehr...
Dienstag, 25. März 2014 von Björn Balazs
KDE Network Manager: Sorting the details
We ask you to participate in a little survey to help us sort the details of network connections.mehr...
Donnerstag, 6. März 2014 von Heiko Tietze
The Vision of KDE
KDE's current vision written in 2008 is rather outdated with its praise of KDE 4. So we should rethink what we want to achieve in future.mehr...
Donnerstag, 16. Januar 2014 von Björn Balazs
KNetworkManager: Approaching the finishing line
The next iteration of the KDE Network Manager brings it on the finishing line. Again we are looking for your feedback.mehr...
Donnerstag, 2. Januar 2014 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
KDE HIG: Survey about how to align controls over multiple groups
In the course of revising the KDE HIG we reached a point where visual aspects are considered, in particular the alignment of controls. We'd like to ask you how to align controls over multiple groups.mehr...
Montag, 16. Dezember 2013 von Björn Balazs
Mit Network Manager Prototypen verbinden…
Aufbauend auf der lebhaften Resonanz der Befragung zur Verwaltung von Netzwerkverbindungen in KDE stellen wir nun einen Vorschlag für die Weiterentwicklung zur Diskussion.mehr...
Montag, 9. Dezember 2013 von Björn Balazs
Quick Poll: Visibility of password fields
We want to introduce an inline toggle button for the visibility of password fields. Please help us to define the optimal behavior.mehr...
Donnerstag, 14. November 2013 von Björn Balazs
Shape the Future of Managing Network Connections in KDE
On the occasion of the World Usability Day 2013, we ask you - the users - to help us shape the future of KDE network connection management.mehr...
Mittwoch, 6. November 2013 von Heiko Tietze
KDE human interface guidelines: About Viewing and Navigation
The KDE usability team is proud to present the next chapter of the human interface guidelines. We want to discuss the part about Viewing and Navigation.mehr...
Freitag, 1. November 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
What is a status bar good for?
The KDE usability team discusses pros and cons concerning the default visibility of the status bar and asks you to vote how the future should look like.mehr...
Dienstag, 17. September 2013 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
KScreen: Vorschlag für eine neue Oberfläche
Basierend auf Ergebnissen der Umfrage zu Anforderungen für Bildschirmkonfiguration stellen wir ein neues Konzept für eine Bedienoberfläche von KScreen vor.mehr...
Freitag, 13. September 2013 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
KScreen: Ergebnisse der Umfrage
Wir präsentieren die Ergebnisse unserer Umfrage zu den Benutzeranforderungen an Tools zur Bildschirmeinstellung, sowie den während der Akademy 2013 durchgeführten KScreen Usability Test.mehr...
Freitag, 23. August 2013 von Heiko Tietze
KDE human interface guidelines: First steps
As announced recently, we are rebooting the KDE human interface guideline. The first revision is done and you are invited to join the discussion.mehr...
Dienstag, 20. August 2013 von Jos Poortvliet
Basic Usability Testing at Home – notes from the workshop at Akademy 2013. By Jos Poortvliet
Jos Poortvliet of KDE fame has written a summary about the usability testing we did at Akademy 2013. We republish the article from his blog.mehr...
Freitag, 19. Juli 2013 von Heiko Tietze
Quo vadis, Dolphin? Motifs as replacement for persona.
We conducted a large study about strengths and weaknesses of file managers in may 2013. In this article we present the results regarding demographics of participants and in particular their motifs.mehr...
Freitag, 5. Juli 2013 von Björn Balazs und Heiko Tietze
Participate in KScreen Survey: How do you setup your screen(s)?
Call for participation in a study about the requirements for the screen management tools KScreen.mehr...
Montag, 1. Juli 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Quo vadis, Dolphin? The relation between the ISO 9241-110 and the rating of features.
We conducted a large study about strengths and weaknesses of file managers in may 2013. In this article we present the second part of the statistical analysis regarding the criteria of the ISO 9241-110.mehr...
Dienstag, 11. Juni 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Quo vadis, Dolphin? More results from the user study.
We conducted a large study about strength and weakness of file managers in may 2013. In this article we present the first part of the statistical analysis.mehr...
Dienstag, 4. Juni 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Style the guide: A new HIG for KDE is in preparation
The KDE usability team announces the kick-off to reboot of the human interface guidelines (HIG).mehr...
Mittwoch, 22. Mai 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Quo vadis, Dolphin? First results from the user study.
We conducted a large study about strength and weakness of file managers in may 2013. In this article we present first results, discuss issues and questions that occur during the study, and present the schedule for the statistical analysis.mehr...
Montag, 6. Mai 2013 von Heiko Tietze
Participate: Are you perfectly satisfied with your file manager?
User Prompt announces the start of a large study on file managers. You are invited to participate!mehr...
Samstag, 20. April 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Quo vadis, Dolphin? Results from the developers study.
We report the results of our Dolphin developer study and outline the follow-up study with users. Next to feedback we are looking for translation support.mehr...
Mittwoch, 10. April 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Usability-Semiotik: Richtlinen für die Entwicklung von Icon-Metaphern
Bei der Entwicklung von Icons bestimmt die Metapher Wahrnehmung und Verständnis. Wir präsentieren sieben Richtlinien, die dabei helfen ein homogenes Set von Icons mit hoher Usability zu entwickeln.mehr...
Freitag, 8. März 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
How abstract can an icon be? About Copy & Paste in LibreOffice
Functions without natural pendant need special attention, even the well known copy / paste. Designers have to analyze intrinsic functionality instead of simply visualizing computer nomenclature.mehr...
Mittwoch, 6. März 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Wo bringt dich der Navigator hin?
Anhand des Navigators und zwei weiteren Funktion zeigen wir, dass Toolbars nicht durch Toggle-Buttons in der Haupttoolbar an- und ausgeschaltet werden sollten.mehr...
Montag, 4. März 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Can a direction in time be displayed by spatial signs?
It is common practice to assign left and right with sequential steps in processing. It might be surprising that these simple functions may cause problems, but it shows the relevance of psychological knowledge to usability.mehr...
Donnerstag, 28. Februar 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
Quo vadis, Dolphin? Preparation of the developer study.
Together with the developers of Dolphin we are planning to improve the sidebars in Dolphin with a special focus on the concept of 'recents'.mehr...
Donnerstag, 21. Februar 2013 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
What is a pencil used for?
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?mehr...
Mittwoch, 9. Januar 2013 von Björn Balazs
More is worse: About Detail in Icons
A statistical analysis shows that icons with less detail score better in terms of usability.mehr...
Mittwoch, 19. Dezember 2012 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
About Antiquated Metaphors in Icons
Antiquated metaphors in icons can work better than modern, but complicated ones. This can be shown on the example of the 'save' icon.mehr...
Montag, 17. Dezember 2012 von Heiko Tietze und Björn Balazs
LibreOffice Icon Test: Where are the women?
More than 3000 users took part in the first two LibreOffice icon tests. The demographics prove us to have gathered reliable data.mehr...
Sonntag, 25. September 2011 von Björn Balazs
Yes, you can contribute to Forge Sprint 2011!
The KDE Forge sprint 2011 will be held in Madrid this year. We are looking for your contribution.mehr...
Donnerstag, 18. August 2011 von Björn Balazs
Impressions of a usability guy on the Berlin Desktop Summit 2011
On the joint KDE / GNOME Desktop Summit the developer community showed great interest in working closer with their users.mehr...
Freitag, 5. August 2011 von Björn Balazs
If you are going to Berlin and want to know more about the users of your application…
... I would be very happy to talk to you!mehr...
Montag, 8. November 2010 von Björn Balazs
Wanted: Feedback on Kontact Mobile
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.mehr...
Freitag, 29. Oktober 2010 von Björn Balazs
The Kontact Mobile Team is looking for Testers
For the development of the new KDE Kontact based Free Software PIM client for smartphones, we are looking for testers.mehr...
Sonntag, 29. August 2010 von Björn Balazs
Kontact mobile – new beta out for public testing
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!mehr...
Montag, 2. August 2010 von Björn Balazs
When did you last keep a diary? Kontact Mobile is asking you to share your experience…
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?mehr...
Dienstag, 8. Juni 2010 von Björn Balazs
Kontact goes mobile – and you can help to make it feel great!
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!mehr...
Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2010 von Björn Balazs
Results of KMail Icon Test #2
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.mehr...
Mittwoch, 30. Dezember 2009 von Björn Balazs
Participate: Icons of KDE SC put to the test – KMail, part 2
Please invest 5 minutes of your precious time and participate in our little survey to improve the quality of the oxygen icon-set!mehr...
Samstag, 26. Dezember 2009 von Björn Balazs
Age distribution from last Icon Test
The age distribution of the last KMail icon test.mehr...
Dienstag, 22. Dezember 2009 von Björn Balazs
Results of KMail Icon Test #1
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.mehr...
Montag, 14. Dezember 2009 von Björn Balazs
Some thoughts on testing icons
Icons are used to visualise a term. An icon test evaluates the strength of this relationship based on subjective and objective indicators.mehr...
Mittwoch, 9. Dezember 2009 von Björn Balazs
Participate: Icons of KDE SC put to the test – KMail, part 1
Today we announce the start of a new study to evaluate the quality of KMail icons. Please participate.mehr...
Sonntag, 6. Dezember 2009 von Björn Balazs
Hello planet KDE!
From today our User Prompt blog is aggregated to planet KDE. We will be blogging about usability and user involvement in KDE.mehr...
Samstag, 25. Oktober 2008 von Björn Balazs
Disapointed about Adept 3 – first impressions
A personal field report about my impressions of Adept as new package manager for KUbuntu. Unfortunately without happy ending.mehr...