Thread: Usability Testing for "Maemo Organizer"
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2008-12-02 , 13:26
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Keep in mind usually a good UI designer is not a good programmer. That is why openusability.org is important. It brings together UI designers & usability experts (architects) with developers & programmers (builders).

Originally Posted by qole View Post
I don't think they have any intention of actually developing the software. They're just using us as free labour to fill out forms for their Interface & Interaction Design course so their group will get good marks.

Hopefully these guys go on to be gainfully employed and maybe actually produce some nice UIs. But that's not what this is about. The coursework requires the group to do things like Usability Testing, so they're posting here to get us to do it for them.
Judging from the PDFs: Yes.

Still, I value what they shared in this topic. Especially the interactive Flash file.

You can't just build a building by starting building. You need to design it first. Before you program a UI you need to design it.

What they share here is not merely mock-ups. Its the whole interface. This means a programmer doesn't need to bother (much) about designing the interface anymore since she has the 'blueprints' already. In fact, if one of the current 'PIM' developers would look at this topic they might learn a lot, and possibly make their application better, or more Maemo ready.

Because this is precisely the touch-friendly type of application which brings value to the Maemo platform and opens the doors to the general public & masses.
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