As a Windows and Ubuntu user I would find it offensive in a face to face talk. Y...

gaius · on Aug 18, 2008

Well here's a question for you:

1) Does Canonical operate a usability lab?

2) Would Ubuntu developers pay any attention if it did?

captain-m · on Aug 18, 2008

Canonical doesn't, gnome does. http://usability.gnome.org/

jauco · on Aug 18, 2008

(1) Novell (the guys with more money) do.

(1a) I care about usability a _lot_ and I don't have a lab. A simple pc in a room is quite adequate for most studies. (For some of them you don't even need a pc)

(2) https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2007-...