Inspired by the Left vs Right (world) info-graphic, I endeavored to create a visual workflow for creating framing. Usability testes showed that the concept fell short of enabling people to create do their own framing, but it did explain the idea of framing, metaphor, and their connection to policy issues quite well.
I finished the documentation/advertising study of Ubiquity back in November. I haven’t posted anything about it due to a mix of schoolwork and the scholarly journal submission process. Because journals want to maintain copyright, I can’t publish everything I have written thus far. The journal article has a very different focus from what I will [...]
Despite my best efforts on the documentation front, users still failed to grasp the simplistic syntax scheme of Ubiquity. I suspected this was due to poor contextual “documentation.” So I designed an experiment testing out a simpler skin.
Couple more sessions using the new translate commercial. In short:
• Users are unable to tell the difference between the two video clips, so slight differences are a no no.
• Users still see Ubiquity as command specific as apposed to a generalized command framework.
I did my term paper for art history on design elements used in the political campaigns of past and present figures, including Bush, Gore, Kerry, Obama, and McCain. All the talk of Obama and Nazi design similarities gave me the impetus to put it up here.
As outlined in Part 1, the traditional style of documentation is antithetical to actual usage. Style is a major problem, but the delivery mechanisms are just as bad.
Today I am going to talk about a typical users, how they learn, and the principals of minimalist documentation. If you want to skip the fluff, head to the minimalist style guidelines for Ubiquity’s documentation.
I’m doing a study on how marketing can prime users to new interfaces, which includes making a couple ads. This is basically a storyboard in video and NOT official Mozilla stuff. You can get (and watch) official Ubiquity stuff here.
“We must also be a strong nation that also cares for the weak & forgotten.”
-George W Bush, the compassionate conservative in 2000, showing how to frame the health care debate in a way that appeals to both conservatives and progressives.
Ahh finals week, you will get more videos sometime after Friday at 12:30. To tide you over, here is a synopsis of the last test which didn’t go very smoothly. The screen capture software failed to save today’s video, so only a description today : )
