[Commotion-dev] Commotion Android UI Testing

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Overall, I think it looks good, and I'm excited to hear about the
results.  To follow up on Dave's comments, I think it would be good to
add more tests to it, something along the lines of:

* can the user just start meshtether, and click the "go" button, and
start using the mesh?
* how confusing is the long startup time? (I guess I assume its a bit
confusing and could be better represented).
* how can the user determine if the mesh is not working?
* what kind of things do they try to do if the mesh isn't working?
* how does the user try troubleshooting?

.hc

On 09/27/2012 09:56 AM, David Oliver wrote:
> Andrew, thanks for putting this together.
> 
> Dan's comments are good.  For me, personally, it's hard to understand how
> much we want to, or need to, "make of" the mesh network.  Sometime down the
> road, we hope it will be "invisible" like WiFi, but for not it's key that
> we develop and understanding of how it actually works on mobile devices,
> and if users are able to understand its basic properties and failure modes.
>  Therefore, in the current testing, the network IS prominent.  Perhaps your
> start--up guide will need to say this.
> 
> Dave
> 
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>> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:00:59 -0400
>> From: Andrew Reynolds <andrew at opentechinstitute.org>
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>> Subject: [Commotion-dev] Commotion Android UI Testing
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> We're beginning some user testing of the Commotion Android client in
>> preparation for a round of UI refinement.
>>
>> I've thrown a draft script of the test procedures up on the wiki, as
>> well as a short user survey to help categorize users by level of expertise.
>>
>> The script assumes Commotion will be preinstalled and will connect to an
>> existing Commotion network. The user will perform a few tasks using the
>> network (a Cryptocat chat in this case, though other apps would be fine)
>> and talk about their experience.
>>
>> The survey focuses solely on Android expertise, but it's designed to be
>> modular, so it could easily be augmented with questions about networking
>> expertise or specific usage patterns.
>>
>> The script is here:
>>
>> https://code.commotionwireless.net/projects/commotion/wiki/Commotion-Android_v1_Script
>> and it links to the survey, which is here:
>>
>> https://code.commotionwireless.net/projects/commotion/wiki/Android_user_expertise_survey
>>
>> Feedback is welcome.
>>
>> -andrew
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