- From: Patrick H. Lauke <redux@splintered.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:09:34 +0100
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
To paraphrase: "feel free not to participate, unlike those who are willing to help and spread the word" Is this really your response to a valid comment about whether or not a particular question in the questionnaire is appropriate? That seems rather dismissive, sorry. Perhaps a better response could have been: "Sorry, we didn't realise that some people may find that question inappropriate. We'll remove it / add a third "prefer not to say"/"other" option..." P On 14/06/2016 15:51, Sharron Rush wrote: > Hi Michael, Ginger, and all > > No problem at all if people don't want to participate, completely OK > (and by the way, none of the questions are required.) We are only > offering the opportunity to help us understand more about the real > people who might use the new site. The creation of personas as a way to > guide a design process is a long standing practice in the usability > community. The point is to use personal data from real people to create > a fictional profile that kind of lives and breathes to give designers a > sense of the actual people who will use the site. Here is brief bit of > background. An introduction to personas and how to create them > <http://www.usability.gov/how-to-and-tools/methods/personas.html>. > > Thanks to those who were willing to help and spread the word. Usability > research shows that the more accurately we can draw personas, making > them feel like real people based on actual data, the more likely the > design will meet human needs. > > Of course, during the design, we will also be asking for user feedback > from real people, but we will also use the personas to ask ourselves - > how would this design decision meet the need of this imaginary person, > drawn for data collected from a broad spectrum of the web community. > > But by all means feel perfectly free to ignore this whole request and > enjoy other pursuits! > > Thanks all, > Sharron > > > > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:54 AM, Michiel Bijl <michiel@agosto.nl > <mailto:michiel@agosto.nl>> wrote: > > Sorry, but what does gender have to do with this? I see that > questions aren’t mandatory—which isn’t clear from the site itself—so > I can skip it, but that is an unacceptable question in such a survey. > > Times when it is acceptable to ask for gender: > > 1. Never > 2. A dating site maybe? > > —Michiel > >> On 13 Jun 2016, at 22:49, Sharron Rush <srush@knowbility.org >> <mailto:srush@knowbility.org>> wrote: >> >> Greetings all, >> >> The EOWG has created a Task Force to re-design the WAI web site. >> Our first challenge is understanding who we are building this >> for. If you would like to contribute your data to the >> construction of a few personas that will guide our effort, please >> take this (sorry rather long) survey. >> >> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T28B59P >> >> As important and maybe even more important is to collect data from >> web professionals who do not yet participate in WAI and who may be >> unaware of web accessibility and the WAI guidelines and supports. >> To that end, please spread the word about the survey to people who >> may not be accessibility aware. >> >> ...and please let folks know as well that there is a drawing for a >> $100 gift card for anyone who completes the survey and wants to >> leave contact information. >> >> Thanks for your help. >> >> Onward! >> >> Sharron Rush >> EOWG co-chair, >> participant in redesign TF > > > > > -- > Sharron Rush | Executive Director | Knowbility.org | @knowbility > /Equal access to technology for people with disabilities/ -- Patrick H. Lauke www.splintered.co.uk | https://github.com/patrickhlauke http://flickr.com/photos/redux/ | http://redux.deviantart.com twitter: @patrick_h_lauke | skype: patrick_h_lauke
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