Tuesday, 13 November 2012

Studio 2


What does ‘usable-in-life’ mean?

It means how it works for us in our everyday life. In a real context, with real users, with real motivation. For example how me use a mobile phone, how easy it is to use in everyday life. Receiving lots of texts at once and being able to replay to hem without any problems.

How is usability-in-life different to usability-in-itself?

It’s not relevant to real users. Decontextualised’ technology. It only really tests certain features of a device rather testing the features that a real user would use, and how they actually carry out certain tasks. 

Practical

Buses

·         Electronic timetables
-       Cancellations
-       Late (how many minutes)
-       What bus is due next (if multiple buses come to the same bus stop)
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Questions

How would it help you to know how late your bus is going to be?

If your bus gets cancelled, will it help you to arrange to get another form of transport to get home or to work?

What would the people that use buses like to see from an electronic timetable?

How often use the electronic timetables against the paper timetables?  

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