At 10:42 AM 1/7/2004, Eugenia Loli-Queru wrote:
>and two said they'd like the > current path buttons to be combo-boxes with all the folders in the path.
That's because they haven't actually being using Path Navigator. After having a real implementation of it and test it with people, I do not expect anyone going back to the combo boxes or the need for Up, Back buttons. ;-)
This is a standard response to usability testing: "They don't like it because it's not the real thing!" Even testing with low-fidelity mock-ups, such as paper prototypes or proposed screen shots, produces valid results. Such low-fidelity usability testing allows us to determine whether users will like a design before we go through the effort of coding.
Regards, Nadyne Mielke User TechnologyIBM Research