Re: Low-Fi Prototyping and Distributed WoZ Testing Tool

Hi,
Just wanted to quickly point something out. Although the
ActiveStory Enhanced designer tool requires a Windows-based PC,
the actual usability Wizard of Oz testing is done inside a web
browser and test participants can run it whether theyre using
Windows, Linux or Mac, and whether they're using Internet
Explorer, Firefox or most other popular browsers.
Also, the original version of ActiveStory should work on a Mac,
although the setup file wont. If you download the source code and
compile it (or set it up on a Windows machine and copy over the
files to the Mac) you should be able to use it. I'm not quite sure
if the built-in server for the orginal ActiveStory would work on a
Mac though.
In case your interested in trying you can get the original
ActiveStory setup here:
http://ase.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ActiveStory/ActiveStoryDownlo
adPage
The source code for it was previously available on SourceForge,
but I can't seem to find it there anymore. If needed email me and
I'll look into making it available again.
Regards,
Ali Hosseini Khayat
--- In agile-usability@..., jonkern@... wrote:
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> got anything for Mac users to try (without using parallels)?
>
>
>
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> From: "alihosseinikhayat" <alihosseinikhayat@...>
> To: agile-usability@...
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 6:19:17 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
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> Subject: [agile-usability] Low-Fi Prototyping and Distributed
WoZ Testing Tool Maurer's
> Agile SE Lab at the University of Calgary) designed a low-
fidelity
> prototyping and distributed Wizard of Oz testing tool called
> ActiveStory. Following up on that work we have designed an
updated
> tool called ActiveStory Enhanced with (hopefully) improved
usability
> and flexibility and have also (hopefully) addressed some of the
> concerns some users had with the previous version (no undo,
large
> eraser, etc).
> Using ActiveStory Enhanced a developer or designer (or anyone
really)
> can design a quick pen-and-paper prototype, add some simple
> interactivity (transitions between pages when a hotspot area is
> clicked) and export the prototype to either an integrated web
server
> or IIS (6.0 and above). Test participants can then navigate to
the
> web address of the server and attempt to execute the designated
task.
> Like the orginial ActiveStory, participants can leave comments
and
> their mouse movements, hotspot clicks and time spent on each
page are
> recorded.
> ActiveStory Enhanced supports using a tablet and/or a mouse.
> Designers can also import existing images and resize and move
them.
> The new version of ActiveStory, (i.e. ActiveStory Enhanced), is
> available at CodePlex for download. Both the source and an
installer
> are available.
>
> Your valued feedback and/or comments would be very much
appreciated.
>
> Home:
http://ase.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/index.php/ActiveStoryEnhanced/Home 
> CodePlex page: http://www.codeplex.com/ActiveStoryEnhanced 
> Installer:
>
http://www.codeplex.com/ActiveStoryEnhanced/Release/ProjectReleases
.as
> px?ReleaseId=23628
>