Use the XGL effect window picker to find the picture of a bug

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OS version
SUSE Linux Enterprise 10

Summary

We tested the XGL effect of winow picker in SUSE Linux Enterprise 10. The major issues found can be summarized as follows.

  1. People were disoriented when all of the windows disappeared after they unintentionally clicked on the desktop while the windows were in expose.

Tasks

We used one task to test the XGL effect window picker. It was:
  1. Please find the picture of the bug.
    • Success Rate: 100%
    • Time spent on this task
      Average 33 seconds
      Longest 2 minutes 15 seconds
      Shortest 9 seconds
    • Issues encountered:
      1. Users were disoriented when all of the windows disappeared after they unintentionally clicked on the desktop while the windows were in expose.
    • Recommendations:
      1. Remove the unintended consequence of users feeling like they lost their windows, or create an easy way for users to recover their lost windows.

Subjects

The demographics of our test subjects are as follows.
Gender
Female  8
Male  1
Apparent age range
18 – 30  7
30 – 40  1
50 – 60  1