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Ran a brainstorming/prototyping workshop with users from usability studies, 2 groups, each group selected one topic to prototype with screen-dumps, post-its, etc. and were videotaped.

Issues raised were:

=== Documentation: ===
PDF-format manual too monolithic, HTML preferred

Online tutorials not used -- they want tutorials oriented around biological tasks, not software functionality

     Question: how does this fit with Cytoscape's being domain-neutral? Suggestion: have a top-level set of domain-specific tutorials, with pointers to more detailed software functionality tutorials.

Notes from Cytoscape Hackathon

Observations on Cytoscape Usability (Melissa)

Motivations: assess Cytoscape usability from biologists perspective, address stumbling blocks in the UI, assess biologists respeonse to vizmapper and filters.

Interviews with 9 users, conducted in workspace, presented in context of users' data and analyses, observed how users worked with software and explore new functionality.

Ran a brainstorming/prototyping workshop with users from usability studies, 2 groups, each group selected one topic to prototype with screen-dumps, post-its, etc. and were videotaped.

Issues raised were:

Documentation:

PDF-format manual too monolithic, HTML preferred

Online tutorials not used -- they want tutorials oriented around biological tasks, not software functionality

  • Question: how does this fit with Cytoscape's being domain-neutral? Suggestion: have a top-level set of domain-specific tutorials, with pointers to more detailed software functionality tutorials.

CytoscapeRetreat2006/Hackathon/HackathonNotes (last edited 2009-02-12 01:03:44 by localhost)

Funding for Cytoscape is provided by a federal grant from the U.S. National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the Na tional Institutes of Health (NIH) under award number GM070743-01. Corporate funding is provided through a contract from Unilever PLC.

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