[sldev] SLDev Digest, Vol 29, Issue 15

[Frans]

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Armin Weatherwax <
armin.weatherwax at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Am Wednesday 06 May 2009 19:03:33 schrieb Tateru Nino:
> > At least four lists.
> >
>
I got in all the 13 SL/LL lists that I am subscribed to, 'luckily' gmail
makes it all one giant thread. I suspect it was send to all public LL lists.
All the tags it got automatically added to it, makes it look silly. :P



> To bring my post on topic: It's absolutely necessary to gather  behavioural
> data,  like the  "UI streamlining strategy" thread shows. That includes
> gathering data about psychological constructs, if you don't want to waste
> your time and gazilobytes of storage. At the mentioned thread Frans is
> writing "I agree though it would have to be opt-in and maybe only in public
> nighties and release candites. I expect users using those clients are more
> willing to share that info.". This is a theory about behaviour, and by the
> way it fits very good to a common psychological theory about personality
> dimensions (see
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits#Openness_to_Experience
> ).
> According to that theory it's also more likely that persons using  public
> nighties and release candites are better informed about how to use more
> sophisticated features and more likely up to try new features.  Bad sample
> though for getting to know what an average user would do.
> Shows that research is necessary and it needs to be planned carefully.


Ah, you are right. Good to point that out! I still see myself as
the average user, while really I'm not.

-- 
Jeroen Frans
Executive Director
TheVesuviusGroup.com
SL: Frans Charming
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