Usability Research Paper

[firefly2442]

Hello. I am looking to do a formal research paper for my College Psychology Research class comparing Gnome Compiz and Gnome Metacity(default). The questions I will be looking at are whether or not Compiz is more effective from a usability standpoint and more effective in encouraging people to think about switching to Linux/Gnome. I might also look at how their experience with Linux (either Gnome Compiz or just plain Gnome Metacity) compares to their (probably) primary OS being Windows XP or Mac OS X. Right now I am looking to gather resources and references to other research papers involving desktop operating system usability and appeal. Can anyone point me to papers or resources that might be beneficial? Thank you! :)

Here is what I have found so far:

http://www.usability.gov/

Krug, Steve. (2000). Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability. New Riders Press.

http://www.asktog.com/columns/022DesignedToGiveFitts.html.

http://www.relevantive.de/gimp/report/results_usabilitytest_05.04.html

http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/usertesting.html

http://benroe.com/files/gui.html

http://programming.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/07/07/1640244&tid=25&tid=2&tid=26&tid=31

http://openusability.org/

http://www.linux-usability.de

http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/ut1_report/report_main.html

http://www.useit.com/

http://tango.freedesktop.org/

http://www.betterdesktop.org

http://www.relevantive.de/Linux-Usabilitystudy_e.html

http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gup/references.html

http://hcibib.org/

http://usableweb.com/

[lowfi]

http://forum.go-compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t=590

If you're looking for unbiased answers, I'm not sure this forum is the best place to find them. :twisted: