[Usability] Programmer needed for minimal and basic design for GNOME HIG experiment

[William Szilveszter <wszilveszter gmail com>]

I am currently in the process of designing a true experiment for my 
undergraduate studies in psychology. I am interested in providing 
experimental research in the field of ergonomics and computer usability.

Currently my aim is to show the effectiveness of section 4) Menus. The 
experiment will focus on menu icons and whether they truly interfere 
with reaction times. My aim is very simple, however I will be 
controlling for a number of variables and if successful, anticipate some 
empirical research that will provide a real base to the GNOME HIG.

My experiment however does require a simple program that will run on 
Win32 and be a self contained .EXE (program would be running on Windows 
2000, most likely SP4). The program will require nothing more than 4 to 
5 menu entries (content is moot and entries such as file, open, help, 
etc. are more than worthy). The menu entries will need to be a little 
more organized and can be based off a simple mock up that is yet to be 
made. The program needs to simply provide a function where the click of 
the drop down menu commences a clock and the clicking of the proper menu 
entry stops it, recording it to a file in order of attempts. I lack 
programming experience and therefore am unable to create it, and that is 
why I am asking the community.

I will have all permanent information soon, but wanted to get this 
aspect out there. I hope that my time allows me to further explore 
usability in a true experimental arena and that I may provide more 
concrete data as to the effectiveness of not but one aspect of the GNOME 
HIG, but the entire guideline. Please if anyone is interested contact me 
at this email. I sent this to the group already, but it sits, awaiting 
to be reviewed since I wasn't a member of the mailing list. Apologies 
for the "spam."

Appreciatively,

William Szilveszter