RE: Query:Reply Plz

I would be interested in republishing any usability results that compare
Japanese makers' phones (Sony, Panasonic, NEC, Toshiba, Sharp, etc.) to any
other models; we wouldn't need to publish the entire report (if it is a
commercial product), just the highlights.

Cheers,

-- Daniel


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: public-bpwg-request@w3.org 
> [mailto:public-bpwg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Ben Swihart
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 3:34 PM
> To: public-bpwg@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Query:Reply Plz
> 
> 
> 
> You are conducting many usability tests on mobile phones?  I 
> hope that 
> you make the progress and/or results of these tests public.
> 
> I believe that WML is inherently unusable, or more importantly, 
> impractical.  But, good luck with that.
> 
> As for mobile web access (xhtml), the system of possible usability 
> guidelines is a small fraction of a comparative system for web 
> usability on a PC.  Refreshingly, developing a website for a 
> 120 pixel 
> wide screen means that you had better reduce the components of a 
> website down to it's utter minimalism.  What I think is left to be 
> learned is what you can really strip away from websites as 
> unnecessary.
> 
> I've found an interesting challenge is content management systems - 
> what are the standards of content that port equally to mobile 
> and full 
> screen websites?   Some content does seem to require editing (such as 
> articles with tablular data inserts) exclusively for the mobile web, 
> but also there might be a need just to have am even stronger 
> editorial 
> process than exists today for "writing for the web." which is 
> already a 
> rather KISS-like guideline.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ben
> Minus Wired
> 
> 
> 
> On May 25, 2005, at 2:17 AM, Saad Malik wrote:
> 
> >
> > I m a student of MSCS with specialization in HCI(Web usability).
> >
> > I have been attached with designing sites and conducting usabaility 
> > testing of sites during my MS.I am working on an Industrial 
> Project of 
> > Pakistan named IIN(indusrial information network) as usability 
> > consultant and Information Architect.
> >
> > With this background,I started my thesis.In 1st part I did some 
> > literature review(W3C's web accessibility guidelines and their 
> > impacts, reports and research papers regarding usability 
> statistics, 
> > Mobile web development WML,WAP,IMODE,micro browsers etc).
> >
> > Then 2nd part deals with condcuting usabaility testing. I 
> conducting 
> > many usability tests on mobile phones with some expert web mobile 
> > users and non expert users. I prepared a usability report in 
> > comparison with web surfing on desktop pcs.Then I thought 
> me able to 
> > propose some guidlines regarding all this.All guidelines would be 
> > proposed the same way as by W3C. check those at 
> > http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/#gl.
> >
> > Besides this my thesis includes developing web accessibility 
> > evaluation tool for WML pages.It would be regarding my 
> guidelines.Also 
> > I would be developing a working prototype WML site demonstrating my 
> > web content accessibility guidelines.
> >
> > Wait for any comments regarding this.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
>

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