[Talk-us] User testing OSM.org

[Martijn van Exel]

Great initiative, Ian. How many people do you think will participate?
How many do you need for a successful event?

Is the testing going to cover the desktop experience or mobile / tablet as well?
Do you plan to distinguish between people using a mouse vs a trackpad?
(I know this seems silly, but I personally find editing without a
mouse pretty cumbersome, and am curious how others feel about that -
with most people using laptops and not desktop computers these days,
it seems a useful distinction).
I am also curious about how well the iD presets / synonyms are working
for people. We could get useful insights on what people are searching
for (more brand names like Walmart, CVS perhaps? Or more generic
terms?). How problematic is our UK English heritage for tags? (things
like motorway, cinema..)


On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm working with a Chicago organization called CUTGroup [0] to set up a user
> testing event for the OpenStreetMap website and the iD editor. The goal of
> this testing is to get feedback on the experience of navigating, signing up,
> and editing data from users that are new to OpenStreetMap. At the end of the
> day we'll generate a list of observations and actions that the OSM community
> can take to improve the new user experience.
>
> The event is scheduled to take place here in Chicago on January 22nd. If
> you're around and would like to attend, please let me know.
>
> I am also interested in getting from this list some questions or topics we
> should be sure to cover. Is there some hypothesis you've had about how new
> users use the site that you'd like to have tested? Is there some piece of
> the site that feels too technical or too "newbie friendly"?
>
> Thanks,
> Ian
>
> [0] http://cutgroup.smartchicagoapps.org/
>
>
>
> --
> View this message in context: http://gis.19327.n5.nabble.com/User-testing-OSM-org-tp5788993.html
> Sent from the USA mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Talk-us mailing list
> Talk-us at openstreetmap.org
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us



-- 
Martijn van Exel
President, US Chapter
OpenStreetMap
http://openstreetmap.us/
http://osm.org/