Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

[Kirk Bridger <kbridger shaw ca>]

This discussion might be informed by looking at how some existing DVD 
authoring programs are laid out.  Kino for example, DeVeDe - they all 
involve doing "things" that, together, become a workflow.  They have 
projects so you can save your status at any time and come back to them 
without restarting.  They don't use wizards by default, though one 
exists for beginning users if they invoke it.

As for the viewing - can we consider making viewing a separate app?  It 
seems to me that the viewer might not want to have all that extra 
functionality.  If we're going to package this we could have 2 apps and 
a meta-package, so people can choose which parts to install.

A standalone consultant is not going to want to use the viewer 
functionality, so is there a way we can peel the two workflows (users?) 
apart?

Perhaps we can cook up two quick users (personas?) and related tasks 
summaries?  I'd like to take that on, if anyone doesn't object.

Kirk



Allan Caeg wrote:
> Same here. That's why I'm suggesting the buttons or buttons and wizard
>
> Allan
>
> On Dec 18, 2009, at 9:12 PM, Máirín Duffy <mairin linuxgrrl com> wrote:
>
> > James Moschou wrote:
> > > Perhaps a
> > > wizard-type interface would also work.
> >
> > Wizards are used for step-by-step linear processes yes, but, they are 
> > also best for infrequent and complex processes - annoying for expert 
> > users. Is the target for this app a user inexperienced to usability 
> > testing? If so, then a wizard may be appropriate. But I was hoping it 
> > would be for experts as well, and I don't think a wizard-based UI is 
> > going to make for a good expert user experience.
> >
> > ~m
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