Got my paper back from the editor
Posted by indolering in Personal, Ubiquity, summer09 on 22. Nov, 2009 | 1 Comment
Every page looks like this. That’s what paying for editorial help gets you: real advice.
Sessions 6, 7, 8, & 9
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity, summer09 on 11. Oct, 2009 | No Comments
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.
Sessions 4 & 5
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity, summer09 on 05. Sep, 2009 | 2 Comments
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.
Learning Ubiq P1: Minimalist Documentation
Posted by indolering in Ubiquity, summer09 on 13. Jul, 2009 | 1 Comment
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.
