Re: Cheap Open Source Morae Alternative

Hello Leisa!

Thanks for the input. I'll be happy to see a screencast of that app. 
They may be a free trial, but I don't have a Mac to test it :)

Best Regards,
Allan

On Tuesday, 22 December, 2009 10:05 AM, Leisa Reichelt wrote:
> hi guys
>
> new to this list, so hope you don't mind me adding my 2c here - just 
> wanted to check that you've taken a look at silverbackapp.com 
> <http://silverbackapp.com> as a reference interface for this project. 
> It doesn't have an observer mode, just runs usability test capture 
> (screen capture + headshot) from a Mac, but has a fairly nice, simple 
> admin UI - worth a look and I think you can get a 30 day trial for 
> free. If not, sing out and I'm happy to do a screencast of my 
> installation.
>
> hope that helps and good luck with this project - it's definitely needed!
>
> Leisa
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> 2009/12/22 Allan Caeg <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>
>     Maybe, on the welcome screen, we can just use something like what
>     I proposed earlier ( http://i.imagehost.org/0753/welcome.png )
>     then when the user selects the project he wants, he'll see all the
>     sessions there.
>
>     That would create less visual noise, because you wont see every
>     session from different projects on the welcome screen. After all,
>     if you have a session in mind, you know what project contains it. :)
>
>     By the way, there's a GNOME 3 usability hackfest on feb 22-26.
>     Ivanka is going to be there too. I think, this project deserves
>     some attention there. After all, they're talking about Pongo there ;)
>
>     Allan
>
>
>     On Monday, 21 December, 2009 02:38 PM, Natan Yellin wrote:
>>     OK. I was thinking that we could always show individual sessions
>>     and just group them under project headings.
>>
>>     Something like:
>>     Recent Sessions:
>>       * Project 1
>>         - Session 1
>>         - Session 2
>>         - View All
>>
>>       * Project 2
>>         - Session 1
>>         - Session 2
>>         - View All
>>
>>       * View All Projects
>>
>>     On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Allan Caeg <[email protected]
>>     <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>         Good question.. I was thinking that it's going to be one
>>         project. A project is a group of related sessions. I just
>>         don't know if that's technically feasible. If it's not it's
>>         just going to be one session.
>>
>>         On Monday, 21 December, 2009 02:29 PM, Natan Yellin wrote:
>>>         Yes.
>>>
>>>         I don't know much about usability testing, so is each entry
>>>         in "Recent Projects" a group of related sessions or just one
>>>         session (e.g. one user)?
>>>
>>>         Natan
>>>         On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Allan Caeg
>>>         <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>
>>>             Like this one? http://i.imagehost.org/0753/welcome.png :)
>>>
>>>             Got the idea from Brasero
>>>             http://www.ubuntu-pics.de/bild/35029/screenshot_030_sw8XCE.png
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>             On Monday, 21 December, 2009 05:14 AM, Natan Yellin wrote:
>>>>             Whoops, I hit the send button too soon. :)
>>>>
>>>>             What about an overview window with buttons like:
>>>>             [View a past session] [Record a new session]
>>>>
>>>>             Clicking on [Record a new session] would open up a
>>>>             window with some default settings. The user would then
>>>>             click on a [Create Session] button afterwhich the
>>>>             window would be the same as if it was opened with
>>>>             [Record a new Session]
>>>>
>>>>             On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Natan Yellin
>>>>             <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                 What about an overview window with buttons like:
>>>>                 [View a past session] [Record a new session]
>>>>
>>>>                 After clicking on [Re
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>                 On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 10:19 AM, James Moschou
>>>>                 <[email protected]
>>>>                 <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                     > What app did you use to make this mockup? :)
>>>>
>>>>                     Gtk Builder/Glade
>>>>
>>>>                     Also I agree that a wizard would not work. I
>>>>                     just didn't want a
>>>>                     prepare/setup tab that would become useless
>>>>                     once the recording has
>>>>                     started.
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