Breezy usability testing?

[Zach]

The great thing about Ubuntu's 6 month cycle, is that although it
doesn't allow enough time to fix everything from one release to the
next, it's a very tight iterative loop.  Each release is measurably
better than the previous.  Things that don't get seen to in 5.10 will
get attention in 6.04 or 6.10.   Hoary is so much improved in terms of
usability and functionality over Warty, and Breezy is already improved
over Hoary.

Put another way, In the time it takes Microsoft to release one desktop
OS (5 years) Ubuntu has done ten.  If MS doesn't get it right in five
years of development then it will be another three or four or five
years before they get another chance to get things right.

I'm really looking forward to when I can compare Ubuntu 7.10 to 4.10. 
Now that will by like night and day!

On 7/20/05, Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt at canonical.com> wrote:
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> Em 20 Jul, 2005, às 6:45 PM, jimcooncat escreveu:
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> > Check out 'My first 48 hours enduring Ubuntu 5.04'
> > (http://mpt.net.nz/archive/2005/04/11/ubuntu)
> 
> That was what's called a "heuristic evaluation", not a usability test.
> 
> > I don't know how much or if this is being incorporated.
> > ...
> 
> In this list, "-" represents "Won't be fixed for Breezy, as far as I
> know". That may be incorrect for some points.
> 
> 1.  -
> 2.  -
> 3.  -
> 4.  -
> 5.  -
> 6.  -
> 7.  -
> 8.  -
> 9.  -
> 10. Being fixed
> 11. At least 3 of 6 fixed
> 12. -
> 13. -
> 14. -
> 15. -
> 16. -
> 17. -
> 18. -
> 19. -
> 20. Being fixed, but progress is worryingly slow
> 21. -
> 22. -
> 23. -
> 24. Fixed
> 25. -
> 26. -
> 27. -
> 28. -
> 29. Fixed
> 30. Fixed
> 31. Fixed
> 32. Lots of work being done
> 33. -
> 34. Fixed
> 35. -
> 36. -
> 37. - (maybe upstream Nautilus improvements will invite reconsideration)
> 38. -
> 39. -
> 40. -
> 41. -
> 42. -
> 43. -
> 44. -
> 45. -
> 46. -
> 47. -
> 48. -
> 49. -
> 50. -
> 51. -
> 52. -
> 53. -
> 54. -
> 55. -
> 56. NetworkManager introduced (don't know if Evolution supports it)
> 57. -
> 58. -
> 59. Fixed
> 60. -
> 61. -
> 62. Fixed
> 63. Some progress
> 64. Fixed
> 65. -
> 66. Will be fixed, hopefully before Breezy
> 67. Maybe will be fixed
> 68. Will be fixed, if I have time to do it myself
> 69. -
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