Dear Usability Tester,

In the past, you have participated in or have expressed interest in
testing the usability of IBM/Lotus software. The knowledge that we
acquire from these tests is invaluable and I am once again offering
you an opportunity to influence the direction of our products. This
time, we are asking you to look at some early visual concepts and give
us your opinions on their look and feel.

In order to facilitate your feedback, I have installed a web survey at
IBM DeveloperWorks. The survey presents 10 user interface design
concepts, and asks you to compare and contrast them as possible visual
designs for the next version of the Workplace product. Please answer
the 2 or 3 questions on all of the tabs before submitting.

I encourage you to take the survey (which should take 15-20 minutes to
complete) and to forward this request to any of your friends and
co-workers who currently use our products. The survey will be open for
the remainder of this week only. We need as much input from as many
different users and user types as we can get.

Thank you in advance for your continued feedback and comments!

You can find the survey at:
https://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/usentry.nsf/Concepts?OpenForm



Chris Kergaravat, User Researcher
User Experience and Design Group
Lotus Software/IBM Software Group
1 Rogers St - 5204
Cambridge MA 02142
O: 617-693-8600
M: 617-869-5615