I'd like to conduct some basic remote usability testing on the new design prior to relaunch.

For this, we will need to recruit a number of community members to participate in usability testing sessions. Ideally, the users would come from a variety of backgrounds and be at different levels of expertise, e.g:

• Absolute beginners who are new to the Python ecosystem and have never used PyPI
• Users who have never created a package for PyPI
• Intermediate users who are familiar with PyPI but only use it occasionally
• Power users who are intimate with PyPI

Volunteers will need to be:

• Available for up to one hour in late November (date TBC)
• Fluent in English
• Using a fast enough internet connection to run Google Hangouts with screen sharing enabled
• Happy to have their user session recorded
• Located in a timezone compatible with GMT

The goal of the sessions will be to identify any major usability problems with the new design.

Participants will be formally credited on the credits page when the new version of PyPI is launched.

If you would like to participate in the user testing, please do not comment here - instead, please submit your details at http://bit.ly/1MpAHRm

If you have any experience in conducting or facilitating usability sessions, I would appreciate your input, comments or suggestions below.