On Tue, 6 Feb 2007, Esteban Barahona wrote:
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:04:55 -0600 From: Esteban Barahona <esteban.barahona@...400...> To: Alan Horkan <horkana@...44...> Cc: inkscape Devel List inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-devel] OpenUsability and Inkscape
coding not necessary?!
I think perhaps you misunderstand. Coding or not there are many other types of work which can benefit Inkscape.
In this case the student was selected for a usability research project.
Usability can be tested and evaluated in a variety of ways, including written surveys, paper prototypes, mockups using RAD tools, and last but by no means least fully working alternative implementations.
Not all approaches to usability require coding skills and even then a lot of work needs to be done clarifying what problems may exists and how they might best be solved for a given audience. (If you want a techincal drawing tool like Visio or CAD the best answers could be quite different if you want a more artistic drawing program like Adobe Illustrator or Macromedia Freehand.)
Sincerely
Alan Horkan
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