Re: [Usability]Insert/overwrite, how should i do a usability study?

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

> I'll ask our other GNOME and StarOffice HCI guys for hints on actual
> tasks to perform, they're usually better at coming up with good onees
> than I am :)  But as always, the subjects you choose will probably be at
> least as important as the tasks you ask them to do.

Allegedly the newest versions of ms office includes a non blocking warning
message that will pop up but not stop you from typing and go away after a
while if you just ignore it.  (i would really appreciate if someone could
verify that i did not imagine this).

Some one on the abiword list also suggested the cursor change and it has
been approved in theory.
Dom fundamentally disagrees with me that it is worth interupting the user
about this, which is why i need to produce some sort of imperical data.

> Cheeri,
> Calum.

Thanks
Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/