Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

[Allan Caeg <allancaeg gmail com>]

I think, we can have the simplest features first to have a workig app  
sooner then just add features as the project grows.

I want to push for the observe function because I like how it works in  
Morae. The idea is, many people involved in the project development  
are watching while the testing session is going on. I'm thinking of  
using something like vnc.

As you said, though, having the basics would suffice. I think, it's  
best to decide on what features we are going to prioritize so we can  
have a working app sooner than trying to put on the first version  
every feature we can think of

Allan

On Dec 18, 2009, at 6:52 PM, James Moschou <james moschou gmail com>  
wrote:

> 2009/12/18 Allan Caeg <allancaeg gmail com>:
> > That would be cool. You're right, tabs are conventionally used for
> > information that doesn't need a pattern. A wizard could work. Other  
> > than
> > one,
> > What gtk+element can you suggest? I'm thinking of hierarchical  
> > buttons like
> > the one on Ubuntu Software Center and Nautilus (
> > http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/34733/screenshot_028_9ctVol.png )
> >
> > Maybe, we can add a wizard plus those hierarchical buttons. What
> > do you think?
>
> I think before that, the exact uses of this program needs to be  
> defined.
>
> For instance, do you need to take notes during the recording? Do you
> need to annotate the recording with the beginning and end of each
> task, errors and other significant events? If you don't need this then
> I suggest that having both the observe and view stages are unnessary.
> I would suggest this anyway since both would require a playback
> mechanism, and there's no reason to not be able to go back annotate
> further once the recording has finished.
>
> What kind of statistics are being gathered, and are these vital, or
> just a nice thing to also have? If there just a thing that you can
> look at if you want to (assuming that the actual recorded video is the
> main focus) then it doesn't really need to be forced upon the tester
> at the end of some wizard, it could be a "View > Summary" kind of
> thing. Maybe not, I can't really think of how this would be used in
> real life.
>
> So now there's really two stages: Setup and Record/Annotate. The
> logical way to go from one to the other is by clicking the record
> button. I was thinking along the lines of
> http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/136/lab2.png
>
> where upon clicking record, the bottom configuration stuff would be
> replaced by a seek bar and some other annotation stuff, chapters,
> points of interest etc.
>
> With
>
> File > New Session
> File > New Predefined Session > Desktop Application
> File > New Predefined Session > Mobile Device
> File > Open Sesson
>
> File > Export Recording As Movie...
> File > Export Summary As PDF
> etc.
>
>
> Is it still too basic?
>
> - James