Re: Emacs Survey: Toolbars

[Christopher Dimech]

Then make a specific emacs mailing list for the topic and take live statistics 
from there.

> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 8:02 PM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: "Philip K." <philipk@posteo.net>
> Cc: "Óscar Fuentes" <ofv@wanadoo.es>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Emacs Survey: Toolbars
>
> * Philip K. <philipk@posteo.net> [2020-12-15 21:49]:
> > Óscar Fuentes <ofv@wanadoo.es> writes:
> > > Really, this kind of decissions should be based on guidance by UI
> > > experts. Sadly, it seems that we have none onboard, same as every other
> > > Free or Open Source projects around (and even most propietary ones).
> > > They are very scarce.
> > 
> > Maybe I'm too cynical, but can a non-Emacs UI expert really help with
> > something as other-worldly as Emacs? And I don't even mean this in an
> > elitist way, just that it has so many conventions and usage-patterns
> > from parallel UI traditions, that it might seem easier to just start all
> > over (which I'm not advocating for).
> 
> Usability advises by Nielsen can definitely help, see here the outline
> of a test: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/usability-testing-101/
> 
> If we have clear proposal on testing, I can provide the test with 5
> people around me and give you results, then few other people can test
> other few people and provide results. Or one built-in usability survey
> can be delivered with Emacs or answered straight by people from Help
> menu. It does not cost more than effort, not money.
> 
> That would accumulate data over time to know what people need and want
> and how to improve the interface.
> 
> Jean
> 
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