Usability

The monospace is coming

by Canonical on 18 November 2010

In contrast to a proportionally spaced font a the characters in a monospace occupy all exactly the same width. In the past monospace type was used on...

Usability Testing of Unity

by Canonical on 13 November 2010

In preparation for UDS, we conducted usability testing of Unity with general public users. We are now better informed as to where we should expend further...

How are your users feeling? Example from Rhythmbox

by Canonical on 11 August 2010

When conducting and writing up user research findings, I make a point of defining the experience goals alongside participant’s actual real life goals. This...

When users first encounter Ubuntu: six showstoppers

by Canonical on 11 June 2010

We recently conducted usability testing to see how users respond to Ubuntu on their first encounter. Overall, first impressions are good. Typical remarks...