Re: [Usability] Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

[Allan Caeg <allancaeg gmail com>]

That makes a lot of sense. For now, let me check how Cheese and gtk-recordmydesktop would do the trick...

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Calum Benson <calum benson oracle com> wrote:

On 20/07/2010 22:29, Jan-Christoph Borchardt wrote:

If we want good usability, we need to get open usability testing tools
going (again)!

While such tools can certainly be useful for certain types of studies, I would have to say we don't *need* them. It's perfectly possible to do great usability testing without any tools other than your eyes and a notepad, and in many cases, it's a lot less hassle (not to mention potentially less intimidating for the participant).

What we certainly *do* need is more people doing more usability testing with more participants. Fancy tools won't magically make that happen -- we just need to JFDI and share the results :) Once a critical mass of people are doing that, the requirements for tools will probably fall out a lot more naturally anyway...

Cheeri,
Calum.

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