Re: [Usability] FOSA requirements web page

[Dave Malcolm <david davemalcolm demon co uk>]

On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 19:23, Eli M. Dow wrote:
> A web page has been put up to clarify the frequency of tasks and the
> number of users performing tasks with regards to the recent FOSA
> discussion. This information should help us more clearly determine
> design needs and considerations. The site is a work in progress, so
> please be kind ;)
> 
> http://www.clarkson.edu/~clarkbw/fosa/
> 
> 
> Please feel free to check it out, we will add FOSA/FO/SA submissions
> from this list and their design rationale sometime later in the week.  

Looks nice.

IMHO, the task frequencies are different between "File->Open" and
"File->Save As".  I think the page would be more meaningful if you split
it into a 2x4 table, with frequencies as the rows, and the dialog types
as the columns.

For example, I think "Creating a New Folder" is only useful in the Save
As dialog, not in the Open dialog (although this _might_ be different
for the case where you're selecting folders, I suppose).

Dave