<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi Justin & Thomas<br><br>I think the investment made into the UI is extremely important and valuable (well done, Thomas).<br><br>Shall we put together a usability team so these user centered design efforts continue?<br><br>I'm a usability expert and would love to get engaged on a mobile device project.<br><br>We could do personas, interviews, usability tests, etc...<br><br>Any takers?<br><br>Carla White<br><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Thomas Wood <thomas@openedhand.com><br>To: List for OpenMoko community discussion <community@lists.openmoko.org><br>Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 1:38:46 AM<br>Subject:
Re: Usability team?<br><br>
<br>On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 23:31 -0700, Justin Wong wrote:<br>> Hello! I've been really interested in interface usability and design<br>> since I've been taking this HCI course at my university.<br>> <br>> I've been interested in and following OpenMoko development a little.<br>> I'd love to know if and how I can get involved with the OpenMoko<br>> project with respect to interface usability and design. Is there a<br>> specific team that does this sort of work? <br><br>Hi Justin,<br><br>The current (2007.2) GUI was designed at OpenedHand by myself and a few<br>others. I wrote about some of the design decisions here:<br><a href="http://blogs.gnome.org/thos/2007/08/21/openmoko-20072/" target="_blank">http://blogs.gnome.org/thos/2007/08/21/openmoko-20072/</a><br><br>If you have any specific questions though, please let me know.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Thomas<br><br><br><br>-- <br>OpenedHand Ltd.<br><br>Unit R Homesdale Business Center /
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