-- Kylie Davies Victorian Branch Coordinator Computerbank Australia Inc www.computerbank.org.au
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- From: Kylie Davies <mailkylie@optushome.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:17:16 +1000
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More reports (inc GNOME usability) can be found here: http://www.userinstinct.com/reviews.php
The reports are quite interesting and reflect some of our own observations re introducing users to a 'modern' desktop Linux system.
Cheers,
Kylie
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Kylie Davies
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Computerbank Australia Inc
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Read through some of the user comments. Most enlightening. Gives an idea of how far things need to go. - - http://www.userinstinct.com/viewpost.php?postid=kde33review&page=13 Occupation: Student in Computer Science Education: Student in Computer Science OS Experience: Mostly Windows, some Macintosh and DOS Hobbies: Email, Chatting, Games, School Work, Taxes, Budgeting Task #0 - Log In Can't see password Kept clicking on field Read KPersonalizer introduction Step 3 of KPersonalizer "Cute, very cute." Turned all effects on Step 4 "This is interesting" referring to image at the top Didn't understand the preview Looked through the themes Picked 'Sunshine' "Looks neat but more gray than I like" "Ewww pink" "It said 'sunshine', where's the yellow?" "What are tar archives?" referring to the text of one of the KTips Read through more KTips ... -- ___________________________________________________________________________ Con Zymaris <conz@cyber.com.au> Level 4, 10 Queen St, Melbourne, Australia Cybersource: Australia's Leading Linux and Open Source Solutions Company Web: http://www.cyber.com.au/ Phone: 03 9621 2377 Fax: 03 9621 2477 _______________________________________________ Osia-discuss mailing list Osia-discuss@lists.osia.net.au http://lists.osia.net.au/mailman/listinfo/osia-discuss wiki http://wiki.osia.net.au/--- End Message ---