Studies

A list of research studies that have been conducted on GNOME.

2015

• Gina Dobrescu - tests on Nautilus, Evince, Eye of GNOME, Characters, Calendar

2014

• User tests on GNOME applications (versions 3.10 and 3.12), conducted by Jim Hall

• User tests on GNOME applications (version 3.4), conducted by Jim Hall

2013

• Tests conducted on GNOME Initial Setup, funded by the Intel OTC

2010

• Empathy usability study by Canonical

2009

• Netbook usability study idea started by Stormy Peters

• GnomeShell usability study

• Gnome 3.0 General Sociological Research

2005

• Windows Migration Study - Anna Dirks/Pete Goodall, Novell Inc., for GUADEC 2005

2001

• GNOME 1.4 Baseline Usability Study

  • Scenarios and test script (.HTML, 24kB)

  • Study Report (.PDF, 922kB)

  • GUADEC Presentation (.SDD, 208kB)

  • Video of GUADEC presentation (MPG, 1GB)

  • Interview with Calum Benson about the study (LWN.net)