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User Feedback
Proposal
One of the goals of the Audio Incubator Group should be to collect feedback from a variety of user-types. It our responsibility to take the needs of future end users into consideration. In order to represent end-users in a fair manor, a measurable set of data should be collected by the group members.
The usefulness of this endeavor, would of course depend on the commitment of the group, to collect a significant quality/quantity of data to represent the community within their reach.
The needs expressed in the collected data may serve as a useful aid in defining:
- General end user needs & use-cases
- What kind of working group(s) may be needed (post-incubation)
- Technical expectations/requirements of developers/implementors
- The weight of one feature/use-case's importance over another (dependent on quality of data)
"End users" may refer to:
- Developers working with APIs and Specs. in the browser
- Developers working with audio/music in the desktop environment
- Browser developers or desktop software developers working with audio/music
- Users of web-sites/web-apps/online services
- Users of audio/music software
I suggest we cast as wide a net as possible in this activity and that each representative group among us make a significant contribution to the overall data. Before this is possible, a list of user-types and relevant questions should be defined and agreed upon by the group.
The following user-types and user-questions are only suggestions. This is a Wiki! Please add to the list if you feel there are user-types or user-questions that have been missed. The questions should be reduced to a reasonably sized set before collection begins.
Proposed deadlines:
For the completion of list & questions: Monday August 16th 2010
For the completion of data collection: TBC
User Types
User-Types
- Software Developers
- Web sites
- Web applications
- Games
- Educational
- Audio Production
- Industry Professionals
- Producers
- Performers
- Songwriters/composers
- Teachers
- Sound designers
- Website Visitors
- Students
- Fans
- Generic website visitors
- Visually impaired users
User Questions
Software Developers
- Job Title
- Languages used in your role
- What audio functionality/features are missing from the browser?
- If these features/functionality existed, what would you use them for?
- Provide a code example of how you would use these features with the languages you use every day in your role
- Can you foresee any caveats/gotchas that may arise in adding this functionality?
Industry Professionals
- Job Title
- What audio functionality/features are missing from the web-browser?
- If these features/functionality existed, what would you use them for?
- Provide a example of how you could use these features in your everyday work.
Website Visitors
- Job Title
- What audio functionality/features are missing from the web-browser?
- Provide a example of how you might use these features in your everyday web usage.