Labs/Ubiquity/Usability/Usability Testing/Fall 08 1.2 Tests/Tester 08
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Contents
Video
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Tags
Discovery
- Skips: hotkey info 2:09
- Tries URL bar 2:56
- Tries URL bar 4:42
- Mistakes Awesome bar for Ubiquity 5:00
- Invokes Ubiquity 13:11
- Notices hotkey settings 12:54
- Tries shift space 13:02
- Accidentally Changes hotkey settings 13:02
- Cannot find herd 22:34
- help add command 23:37
- new command 23:39
Qualitative Summary
User tries and mistakes the awesome bar for Ubiquity, multiple times. He only finds the hotkey setting by accident while watching the movie.
Learnability
- Tutorial 1:27
- Dislikes tutorial 1:44
- Skips: hotkey info 2:09
- Confused by wiki 7:44
- Watches video 8:47
- Likes video 9:38
- help add command 23:37
- Notices hotkey settings 12:54
- Tries shift space 13:02
- Accidentally Changes hotkey settings 13:02
Qualitative Summary
User is very resistant to the tutorial.
The way he finds the hotkey is odd because he does so absent-mindedly while watching the video. It's funny because he accidentally changes the hotkey in the process.
Commands
- translate+ 13:20
- Didn't expect page text to change 14:45
- translate+ 17:28
- yelp+ 21:16
- help+ 22:13
- maps- 18:37
- find 18:44
- locate 19:10
- locate 19:38
- map+ 19:41
- map insert- 20:08
Nonexistent Commands
Commands the user guessed on, but are not included. Good for stat research and synonyms for other commands.
- lyrics 14:09
- yelp insert- 21:14
- find 18:44
- locate 19:10
- help add command 23:37
- new command 23:39
Qualitative Summary
The help add command and yelp insert are particularly interesting as the user assumes that these are universal modifiers.
Feedback
- Dislikes the tutorial (1:44)
- Likes video (9:38)
Qualitative Summary
Very vocal user. Unfortunately, the video gave him the impression that Ubiquity has a very powerful AI.
Demographic Information
Questions taken from the FF Survey
| Age | What OS do you normally use? | How long have you been using Firefox? | Rate your computer skills. | Time on web per week? |
| 24 | Apple OS X | Over 2 Years | Modest/Beginner | 21-40 Hours |
| How many computers do you regularly use? | Which are the following are you familiar with using online? | Have you ever used the Firefox Ubiquity before? | Do you know what a Command line is? | Comments |
| 2 | Google's Gmail
|
No, I do not know what it is | No |
| Do you think most people would figure out how to use Ubiquity very quickly? | Guess how frequently you would use Ubiquity in the future. | Comments or suggestions. | Is there something that the help is lacking? |
| Agree | Often | Easier searches, maybe a help that brings up lists of help options like in ubiquity - or have help directly in the ubiquity window so you don't have to stop browsing to find out how to do something. | Make commands easier to edit, or have ubiquity understand what you're trying to say.
Editing and adding new commands within the ubiquity window. |
