Re: [Usability] Open Source UX Tools

[SZABÓ Gergely <szg subogero com>]

Kirk Bridger wrote:
> There was a recent discussion on how to create an Open Source 
> Usability Lab - makes for interesting reading.  Here's part 2 
> <http://mairin.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/open-source-portable-usability-testing-lab-part-2-the-parts/> 
> (part 1 is linked inside it).
>
> I've also been watching Pongo <http://live.gnome.org/Pongo> as an 
> interesting means of capturing users during usability testing.  Here's 
> a brief tutorial <http://live.gnome.org/Pongo/Tutorial>.  It uses 
> istanbul instead of recordmydesktop.
>
> I just recently discovered Xnee 
> <http://www.sandklef.com/hesa/index.php/2009/05/06/gnu-xnee-303-released/>, 
> and wonder if it could be leveraged to work with Pongo to capture and 
> record user actions.
>
> Here's a discussion about how to create a usability lab using Mandriva 
> <http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Usability_Labs_Setup>.
>
> I'm hoping to put together some basic usability sessions for 
> Gnome-Shell, so if anyone has any other tools or ideas I'd love to 
> hear them.
>
> Kirk
>
>
>
>
> Allan Caeg wrote:
> > Hi Usability Listers,
> >
> > This could be offtopic, but I think, UXers here would love to discuss
> > this. 
> >
> > I'm looking for Open Source UX tools. As for Mockups, Balsamiq is kind
> > enough to give me a license as an open source enthusiast. I know that
> > this has been discussed here before, but any new input is more than
> > welcome.
> >
> > For usability testing, gtk-recordmydesktop seems to be a useful tool. I
> > had a chance to see how a recorded session on Morae
> > ( http://www.techsmith.com/morae.asp ) looks like, but it's not
> > extensive enough for me to know all its features. In the recorded
> > session, I noticed that the mouse pointer is given focus by graying out
> > a bit the rest of the screen, video of the user is recorded, and
> > everything is consolidated in one file. I think, it's pretty easy to
> > improvise ways to record those through some hacks, but having a more
> > decent solution will give you and me, the UXers, better user
> > experiences. 
> >
> > What other open source UX tools can you recommend to help develop GNOME
> > and other projects? :)
> >
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Hello,

just to remain on the practical side, do these tools (Pongo, Xnee) have 
speech recognition capabilities? I think it's essential that the words 
f #k, $hit, d mn and m0thef #&er uttered are taken into account as an 
emotional feedback from the user. :-)

Best regards
Gergely