[Sigia-l] Re: Replacement for EZSort

[Yeoh Yiu]

"Trent Mankelow" <trent.mankelow at optimalusability.com> writes:

> > 1. When assessing the needs of a collection of users that represent a
> > population with limited
> > skills, is it reasonable to expect them to be able to use a
> computerised
> > tool to express
> > themselves effectively? Even software developers tend to use physical
> 3x5
> > cards when they
> > partipate in CRC exercises to investigate system designs.
> 
> I agree. I imagine that the tool would mostly be used for analysis.
> Someone would do the data entry of the cards (or we could, as you
> suggested, use a barcode scanner).
>  
> > 2. Building a good card sorter is, in my view, about the same as
> building
> > a good interface for
> > manipulating outlines.
> > 
> > (a) I have used, or attempted to use, a wide variety of PIMs, most of
> > which depend in one...
> 
> I'm sorry, I'm a bit lost - what do you mean by PIM? Do you have any
> examples?


PIM = rolodex
aka 'Personal Information Manager' to store, organize (etc) names, phone numbers, etc.