Comments on: Web Technologies Scotland

By: 1234test.com

1234test.com — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:19:00 +0000

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By: paul canning

paul canning — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:08:05 +0000

to answer your question about the 1% of users actually contributing – this is wikipedia’s experience and andrew keen loves it :} my issue is always with who these 1% are – my issue with civil serf. so it would ‘work’ – it already is – but you have to ask who it’s working for. this is always my problem with a lot of online feedback developments. it just brings up the ‘mom’ question – where’s my mom in all this. good to hear a lot of commercial web experience overflow – ‘user experience’. with the usability/accessibility stuff I love the idea of usability camps, like one I blogged about [http://paulcanning.blogspot.com/2007/06/toronto-transit-camp.html]. people forget the human element with usability, the transformation inherent in simple engagement. this is just as true with accessibility.

By: Seb

Seb — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:54:16 +0000

Wow – a packed day.

Really interesting point about pre-moderation, which I shall pass on to the guideline guys.

By: Cole Henley

Cole Henley — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 10:30:47 +0000

As a webbie working for a government agency in Scotland (Edinburgh) really peeved missed the chance to attend this one (but with this exhaustive summary almost didn’t need to).
Sounds like things that we are all wrestling with and good to know other public bodies are biting the bullet, particularly when it comes to matching user expectation (largely defined by the private sector), managing user-generated content (or helping it manage itself) and integrating with third-party applications (particularly web apps).

I think one thing that really resonated from your summary with recent discussions that have been taking place across the heritage sector (our own area) is the genuine need for user testing and it is good to see the cost-benefit outlined here in Chris’s talk. Sadly it is something that is just underfunded at present (the cost of developing a website is largely perceived as the cost of building it, particularly with in-house development) and although there is a real need for usability/user testing at early stages of project development in the public sector (from my own experiences) this is just not happening as much as it should be at the moment.

Thanks for the summary – will defo have to try and make the next one!