ricksp's WebLogMicrosoft Dev Tools UsabilityUsability Observation - "Toolbox First" for Forms Programming- April 29, 2004 I just ran a usability study with 9 participants where we asked them to build two forms, one a WinForm and one a Web Form, that had a drop down list that drove the contents of a grid below it. The participants had to figure out how to fill the drop down from all the cities in the database, and then how to fill in all the rows that matched that city in the drop down (from a different table). We gave them a little more then an hour for each form. Whidbey has a ton of new data binding features,...http://blogs.msdn.com/ricksp/archive/2004/04/29/123184.aspx Juste Write Down Everything- April 7, 2004 Today I'm sitting in an MVP event and taking notes. I sent my notes to the PM team and they remarked on how many more notes I captured then anyone else who was taking notes. The secret When users are talking, write down everything they say. Just transcribe what they say, every word. If uses are talking, write it all down. It sounds easy because it is. Most people filter, &8220;should I write that down what about that&8220; Filtering actually takes longer then just writing it all down, but it...http://blogs.msdn.com/ricksp/archive/2004/04/07/109228.aspx |