Head to Head (H2H) task comparison

This is an H2H between Performancing and Windows Live Writer.

Task Comparison #1-Post a photo on right hand side of post and add comments.

This post uses: Performancing.

Start time: 10:14pm

Finish time: Stopped trying at 10:17pm

Ease factor: 4(Grrrrr!)

I intended to post the same picture of Herbert Lake below but was unable to. Peformancing failed this task test.

Head to Head (H2H) task comparison

This is an H2H between Performancing and Windows Live Writer.

Task Comparison #1-Post a photo on right hand side of post and add comments.

This post uses: Windows Live Writer.

Start time: 10:06pm

Finish time: 10:09pm

Ease factor: 1 (Smile)

This photo is of Herbert lake which is in British Columbia.

Web2.0 Head to Head

As I mentioned in my previous post I’m going to do some head to head comparisons with Windows Live Writer and Performancing. My objective in these head to heads is to put myself in the shoes of a non-technical person who wants to start “getting into” web2.0 stuff…like blogging for example.

At the risk of being repetitive, it is critical that web2.0 services and tools are extremely intuitive, easy to use and addictive! They should be time consuming because the person enjoys using it as opposed to having to understand to use it. Troubleshooting and “help FAQ’s” are not an option.

Here’s my simple Head to Head comparison metrics:

1) Time – how long did it take to complete the task. This will be measured in seconds/minutes.

2) Ease – how simple was it to complete the task. This will be measured using a 3 point Likert scale:

1-Smile, no surprises and it did exactly what was expected

2-Hmmm, not so simple although I was able to figure it out with opening a user manual and it did pretty much what I expected

3-Frown, I had to figure out how to do it but the result was either bang on or acceptable

4-Grrrr, forget it.

I’ll work with this simple rating system for now.

Performancing vs. Windows Live Writer

I’m going to conduct a like for like task comparison using two blog publishing interfaces being tested in my Web2.0 Lab. Think of it as a head to head “battle.

Please bear in mind that my blog is more of a casual endeavor and I am no means conducting extensive product analysis and comparisons. However, it is important to realize that web2.0 adoption by us all is dependent on simple, fun and easy to use services and applications.

People don’t have time to conduct formal assessments. They want to click a button or two and voila, presto a post is made!

I’ll keep you “posted” as to how this Head to Head comparison goes.