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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/27/12 5:39 PM, Anne-Marie Bourcier
wrote:<br>
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Hello,<br>
<br>
reading through this email thread I don't resist in my quality of
"end-user", to add to the conversation. I've checked what's called
the Application Menu (btw why is this called Applications menu?)
and I'd like to share my thoughts on this:<br>
<br>
- Changing the aging UI is probably a wise move and can keep TB
looking "young" for a while,<br>
- replacing some of the current Menu bar content and place it
under the AppMenu button sounds appealing. (I'm personally
completely overwhelmed when I go through the current menus!
remember I'm a "user"... not a developer - ad I don't give a cent
to the Caracter Encoding, or Activity Manager <span
class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span>)...As long as
we document somewhere that you can go back to your good old Menu
bar with a right click;<br>
<br>
- In order to know if this AppMenu button is acceptable to a large
number of users, a test would be really useful as each of us has a
different view on the UI and the debate can last for few weeks<br>
- BUT I don't think that the actual AppMenu content/structure is
appropriate... <u>from the perspective of a User</u>, it's very
confusing and not logical (but you can argue this is MY opinion
and I accept your comment here)<br>
- By consequence, I suggest the following:<br>
<ul>
<li>we take the current AppMenu content and call it Test A</li>
<li>we reshuffle the content of the AppMenu and call it Test B
(I've suggestions already)<br>
</li>
</ul>
And we (I with whoever wants to help) conduct 2 tests with 2
different groups of guinea pigs. <br>
We check together it AppMenu A or AppMenu B gather more
approvals than the other and then we retest the winner against
more end-users.<br>
If none of the AppMenu gets a positive scoring, then we have
to decide what to do with this new UI proposal in TB17<br>
<br>
Having briefly discussed the point with Blake, I understand it
might not be trivial but I think this is worth the pain.<br>
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We used user testing for that in the past and it worked quite well
for some things.<br>
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I'm worried that it's a little bit late in the game to be able to
make it for 17.<br>
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