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      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?
     * 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?
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       Are there any features that you find confusing or particularly annoying?        * Are there any features that you find confusing or particularly annoying?
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    Do plugins work for you? Are they easy to use and integrate with cytoscape?     * Do plugins work for you? Are they easy to use and integrate with cytoscape?

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
    • 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?

DiscussionGuide (last edited 2009-02-12 01:03:34 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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