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== Discussion Guide == * Introduce ourselves * What kind of work do you do and how do you use Cytoscape? * What parts of the system do you use most? Do you spend most of your time : * editing networks, * setting visual attributes, * editing attribute data, * working with plugins, etc * How do you run (start) cytoscape * running a command line script, * double-clicking an icon, menu item). * Is this easy for you? * Is this how you run other programs you use on a regular basis? * Installation experience. * User interface and usability. Are the GUI features intuitive? Do the menus make sense? Do you like cytopanels (i.e. frames within frames, or separate windows)? Is the relationship of the graph model to attribute data to visualization clear? * Is the mapping of network data to visual attributes easy? * Performance & responsiveness: Operations on large networks too slow? * Features: which are useful? useless? * Are there any features that you do NOT use? If so why? Are there any features that you find confusing or particularly annoying? * Plugins: Are they easy to use? Do plugins work for you? Are they easy to use and integrate with cytoscape? * Can you suggest other people that we might want to interview? |
This page contains guidelines for conducting user interviews and a Discussion Guide which outlines topics of interest that we would like to cover in the interviews.
Guidelines
Discussion Guide
- Introduce ourselves
- What kind of work do you do and how do you use Cytoscape?
- What parts of the system do you use most?
- Do you spend most of your time :
- editing networks,
- setting visual attributes,
- editing attribute data,
- working with plugins, etc
- Do you spend most of your time :
- How do you run (start) cytoscape
- running a command line script,
- double-clicking an icon, menu item).
- Is this easy for you?
- Is this how you run other programs you use on a regular basis?
- What parts of the system do you use most?
- Installation experience.
- User interface and usability. Are the GUI features intuitive?
- Do the menus make sense?
- Do you like cytopanels (i.e. frames within frames, or separate windows)? Is the relationship of the graph model to attribute data to visualization clear?
- Is the mapping of network data to visual attributes easy?
Performance & responsiveness: Operations on large networks too slow?
- Features: which are useful? useless?
- Are there any features that you do NOT use? If so why? Are there any features that you find confusing or particularly annoying?
- Plugins: Are they easy to use?
- Do plugins work for you? Are they easy to use and integrate with cytoscape?
- Can you suggest other people that we might want to interview?