When I worked in telecommunications as an engineer (late 2000’s) Electronic Switching Systems had been pretty much taken over by software switching systems, but the hardware, closely coupled to that software, was still very much an important component. While the call switching and routing was no longer achieved by thousands and thousands of hardware relays […]
Category archives: my work
How do GRC users create a new flowgraph?
During the approaching GNU Radio streaming weekend, we’ll be doing some UX Design work. The design challenge we’re going to tackle is the process for users to create a new GRC flowgraph. I’ve created this short survey to get a better understanding of how GRC users currently create a new flowgraph, and the run it.
The right level of information
User: I use the software. I’m not a developer. I’m not necessairly interested, or able to contribute to making it happen – I can’t write code. But I can tell you what I need, and give feedback when your making it. Most of the time I’m interested in knowing the big picture – when will […]
Installing Python on Mac OS X Catalina
(This is a reminder to myself, and maybe a help for someone else who might be in the same situation as me. The purpose was to be able to lint documentation I’m trying to update for the pip project work.) This applies to installing “the latest” Python on Mac OS X 10.15.6. I’ve used this […]
Creating rapid CLI prototypes with cli-output
I’m working on the usability of pip (the official Python package manager) at the moment. This short blogpost isn’t about how to design CLIs. It is about creating rapid prototypes with this tool – part “look at this useful tool, part “thank you Pradyun” part feature request list. 🙂 Update After putting together the feature […]
A Python community announcement about our pip work
Sumana Harihareswara the pip PM put together a video for the Python community to tell them about our UX work on pip, the package manager. Initially I was thinking “I hate seeing my face on video, I hate hearing my voice. This better not have ukelele music. I hate those kinds of videos.” I liked […]
How should pip handle dependency conflicts when updating already installed packages?
The pip UX Team is looking for your input into future pip behaviour! What is this research about? This research is to understand what behaviour users expect from pip where upgrading a package would introduce dependency conflict(s) to already installed packages. I want to give my input! Great! Nicole has put together a 1 question […]
Test pip’s alpha resolver and help us document dependency conflicts
Hello! It’s Bernard and Nicole here from the pip team. What’s this research about? The team is working on the improving the way that pip resolves package dependency conflicts and would like feedback from users who have projects with complex dependencies. By complex dependencies we mean projects that: have at least 10 package dependencies some […]
How do you deal with conflicting dependencies caused by pip installs?
pip UX studies: response data
This is an ongoing analysis of the Python pip UX Study signups. These figures will change as new people sign-up for the studies. The purpose of this is to give the pip team some understanding of the kinds of participants that are taking part in our research. How long have you been using Python?Infogram Copy: […]