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I'm happy that Canonical is thinking about usability, but has any of this actually been backed up by any kind of experiment? I see one link on Google to a stud

by ajdecon 16y ago

I'm happy that Canonical is thinking about usability, but has any of this actually been backed up by any kind of experiment? I see one link on Google to a study done on Thunderbird (sadly down, as it's the same blog), and a bunch of blogspam related to it, but very little evidence that the recent radical changes they are making have undergone any usability testing. If you're trying to help users, shouldn't you study their actual behavior? I admit though that this is not my field, and I could be using poor search terms.

sixtofour 16y ago
I've been subconsciously watching this minimization trend go by. The latest instance I've seen is in FF4, where the forward/backward button has lost its little dropdown indicator. Now you have to know it's there, and use a right click to get the list of sites. Not being a UI/UX/UXB guy, I have to wonder if there's some magazine they or their managers all read, that had an article advocating minimalizing, 'cause there sure seems to be a bandwagon rolling through town.