Interview a GNOME user
This is a short one time research exercise that is appropriate for a new contributor (or anyone else who wants to do a quick bit of research). The task is to find an existing GNOME user and conduct an interview with them about their experience using GNOME.
Prerequisites
To complete this task, you should:
- Have some background knowledge about how to conduct interviews
- Be familiar with the GNOME user experience
- Write an interview plan ahead of time
- Keep notes during the interview (or make a recording)
- Write an analysis of the interview afterwards, to summarise the key findings
You will need to recruit a GNOME user to complete the interview with you. The interview can be conducted in person or remotely using video chat.
Interview topics
Topics to cover during the interview:
- How long the participant has been using GNOME
- What they use it for
- What they like, what they don't like, what they'd like to change
- Any issues the person has had
It is often a good idea to have the interviewee demonstrate the things they are talking about, by showing your their GNOME desktop. You may want to take screenshots or pictures to keep a record of this.
Reporting your findings
Once the interview is complete, you will need to share you research report. To do this, create a new issue against this usability project, and include the following in your issue report:
- A short summary of the interview:
- Details about who you interviewed
- Details about what distro and GNOME version they use
- Your key findings:
- Try and cover a range of positive and negative findings about GNOME.
- Negative findings should be actionable by GNOME designers and developers, such as by including specifics about design or usability issues.
- You findings should use the correct terminology for different parts of the GNOME user interface (as documented in the GNOME user help and human interface guidelines).
- Text files containing your interview script and notes, provided as attachments