Re: [moregroupware-interface] Hi, and welcome

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Hello!

I think it's great that we have so many people involved who have a lot of
experience with UI design and usability.  I have several years' work
experience as a UI designer and a relevant degree.  My background in
usability testing is extremely strong.

I'm very much in favor of starting from the bottom up on this project with
user and task analysis.  Although this approach may be more
time-consuming, the information we gather during the process will continue
to be useful even during the development of later versions.

Ryan, the fact that you have access to users will be tremendously helpful.
 This is the first time I've worked on an open source project.  I had
imagined we would have to try to gather data remotely, most of the time,
and was a bit apprehensive about how to accomplish this.  I, personally,
am very reliant on interviews, site visits, and so forth for gathering
user and task data.

I'm looking forward to hearing more.

Maria