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Rated

9
9 of 10 - Great
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OS version
Novell Linux Desktop 9

Summary

We tested the action of Logging in, on Novell Linux Desktop 9. The major issues found can be summarized as follows.

  1. People expected the Username and Password fields to be visible at the same time.
  2. People expressed confusion by the lack of a "Login" button.

Tasks

We used one task to test the Login manager. It was:
  1. Please log in to the computer with the specified username and password.
    • Success Rate: 100%
    • Time spent on this task
      Average 1 minutes 18 seconds
      Longest 2 minutes 41 seconds
      Shortest 34 seconds
    • Issues encountered:
      1. Users expected the Username and Password fields to both be visible simultaneously, when logging in.
      2. Users expressed confusion over the lack of an affirmitive "Login" button.
    • Recommendations:
      1. Change the Login Manager to show the Username and Password fields at the same time.
      2. Add an affirmitive "Login" button to the Login Manager.

Subjects

The demographics of our test subjects are as follows.
Gender
Female  8
Male  3
Apparent age range
18 – 30  2
30 – 40  6
40 – 55  3