RE: UAAG 2.0 Personas

Hi Jeanne,

I just took a quick look and I note that some names are repeated many times and used consistently e.g.:
Perttu 
John
Ben
Aosa
Brin
Lee
Sasha
Armand

But some names are repeated but seem to refer to different people:
George
Betty

It just leaves me with the nagging question: "Should I be paying attention to these names? (Will doing so help me understand and spot patterns in the document)"

I get your point about single letter names. But maybe one syllable names?

-Jan 

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From: Jeanne Spellman [jeanne@w3.org]
Sent: August-01-14 9:55 AM
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Subject: Re: UAAG 2.0 Personas

We tried to do that a few years ago, and received a comment that we
should have more diversity in the names and not repeat them.  So Kim and
I went through and changed names so there was less repetition.  It does
have the benefit of giving the impression of many, many people with
disabilities.

I don't think we should use initials (even though I really liked that
blogpost) because it de-humanizes the use cases, IMO.  I think the names
are more powerful.

jeanne

On 8/1/2014 9:12 AM, Richards, Jan wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> Just to be clear, I'm not saying we should move to those personas. I would just like to see ours be a bit more consistent. So when the reader comes across a user with the same needs and preferences in two places, it is easier for them to connect.
>
> Cheers,
> Jan
>
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> From: Greg Lowney [gcl-0039@access-research.org]
> Sent: July-31-14 11:02 PM
> To: Jim Allan; Richards, Jan
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> Subject: Re: UAAG 2.0 Personas
>
> I have no strong preference for or against personas. I believe that the current names are pretty random; I know that I didn't try too hard to be consistent, assuming that they'd all be straightened out in an editorial pass.
>
> Jim, I'm not sure whether Jan was suggesting we move to lettered personas. Certainly the 26 examples Anne gave in her article--which was very well done, by the way--are not intended to cover the full spectrum of disabilities that we might need to include (e.g. users of speech recognition and software magnifiers).
>
>      Greg
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: UAAG 2.0 Personas
> From: Jim Allan <jimallan@tsbvi.edu><mailto:jimallan@tsbvi.edu>
> To: Richards, Jan <jrichards@ocadu.ca><mailto:jrichards@ocadu.ca>
> Cc: WAI-UA list <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org><mailto:w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
> Date: 7/31/2014 4:09 PM
> Jan,
> good point. We started using name, and tried to be inclusive. I can live with lettered personas.
>
> What do others think?
> Please email the list with thoughts, objections by Monday, Aug. 4.
> lets try to reach consensus, by Wed. Aug 6 on the list.
>
> Jim
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Richards, Jan <jrichards@ocadu.ca<mailto:jrichards@ocadu.ca>> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I spotted this making the twitter rounds:
> https://the-pastry-box-project.net/anne-gibson/2014-July-31
>
> I wonder if lettered personas might help with two issues I have with our examples:
> 1. That its unclear whether the names are meant to be personas or are totally random.
> 2. That some of the names are obscure and hard to pronounce, adding a potential barrier to understanding.
>
> Cheers,
> Jan
>
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