Good list Jon. I think it's a great start, and we can flesh it out in a bit more detail too.<br><br>The important thing is where to put our ideas. I think the wiki is the obvious choice. Does anyone know if there's any caveats to know before using the wiki?
<br><br>I'll try to chip in some things here and there. I'm just learning about HCI in class, so this is very exciting for me.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Justin<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">
Jon</b> <<a href="mailto:openmoko@snowulf.com">openmoko@snowulf.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><span class="e" id="q_115afbf0d7171323_0">On 10/17/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">london cowgirl</b> <<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail?view=cm&tf=0&to=isntthatjesus@yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
isntthatjesus@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote">
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<div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>A few of us would like to start a usability team and formal user centered design process on Openmoko's UI.<br><br>Rather
than put together a formal road map, I'm going to simply put forward a
few ideas where we can begin. This is Phase I of the User Centered
Design process (the discovery phase). Listed are just the outputs, not
the steps involved to produce them. <br><br>Please let us know if you would like to engage in any of the tasks below. <br><br>1. User profiles & persona describing our user groups (about 5 - 7 profiles & persona)
<br>2. Review competitive landscape <br>3. Usage scenarios, usage goals, task analysis<br>4. Usability testing on existing solution with the people who fit the profiles and the items outlined in #3<br><br>Let me know if I missed anything.
<br><br>Phase II
will incorporate our findings from Phase I (discovery phase) into the UI design.<br><br>Carla White</div></div><span><br>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
<br><a href="http://mail.yahoo.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://mail.yahoo.com</a> </span></div></blockquote></div><br></span></div>Howdy,<br>I would like to help, I'll pop in where I can. Also, I think that stuff like this would be good to put on the wiki (Somewhere). In the mean time, I made a quick list of my thoughts for #1 (the User Profiles).
<br><br>"Main" User Categories & Brief Description:<br>- The Greenhorn - This probably the single biggest segment of cellphone users. These people want simple. They want to turn on their phone, dial a number and talk to their intended party. They don't care about anything other than the phone being able to be used as a phone, and possibly contacts.
<br>- The Casual user - This class of phone users takes advantage of a number of the phones features, but not all. They will use the phone to make calls, use the contacts, occasionally send text messages, take pictures, etc.
<br>- The "Txt'r" - In a number of countries, texting has become far more popular than calling. These users will send and receive thousands of text messages per month. Many rarely use their phones for calling. They want a clean texting interface with the fastest possible input.
<br>- The Business user - The business user wants a phone that is simple, but functions as an integrated smart device. They want to be able to read their email and be able to call back the sender with the least amount of effort. "Popular" mail server integration is important, including Blackberry and Exchange.
<br>- The Power user - This user will use most to all of the built-in functionality. They may also choose to extend their phones functionality a small bit with additional software (if available). They will be the ones to flip through ever options menu check and/or changing settings.
<br>- The Hacker - These users tend to care more about customization. They want to be able to make changes to every aspect of the phone.<br><br>Hope this makes sense. Feel free to add/destroy as you see fit.<br><span class="sg">
-Jon<br>
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