

What do you think about the in-page search interface?.Within this article search for information on the "Finland Plot".What do you think about the bookmarking interface?.Go back to the Bhumibol Adulyadej article using the bookmark you created.Close the bookmarking interface (if you haven't already).Bookmark the article on Bhumibol Adulyadej (King of Thailand).How much articles speak about "foobar" (need indexation).Find out who the current King of Thailand is.Pull up the article for Berlin, Germany.This takes too long, stop the download an open a file (small ZIM file should be available) from the Hard disk.Find all content from Wikipedia in English.Do you have any questions before we continue? Okay, let’s open the program.We're going to be focusing on using Kiwix for basic browsing and searching.Feel free to say anything that comes to your mind - for example "That’s interesting" or "What were they thinking?" Talk out loud while you’re doing each task, so I can understand what you are thinking and doing - for example "Now I’m going to try to use the search bar". Please think aloud as you use the program today. There’s one thing that I would like you to do differently.Next I’d like to have you open up Kiwix to do a couple of tasks.Have you ever used an offline Wikipedia reader before?.Tell us a little about yourself, like where you're from and what kind of work you do.You are not being tested, the software is being tested.There’s no right or wrong answers, and nothing you say will hurt my feelings. As you interact with the program, please be honest with your positive and negative thoughts. Your job is really easy, you just have to be yourself and act as you naturally would.Basically I'll ask you to perform a task and then watch you use the software. We're collecting feedback on Kiwix and testing its usability.

Get the participant to sign the consent form.You can then transfer the ZIM file to your iOS device using iTunes File Sharing. You can download these files directly using the Kiwix App on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch - but this might take a long time, may incur expensive charges for the download, and is liable to errors because some files are rather large.Ī faster and more reliable method is to use a computer to download the small torrent file for the large non-indexed ZIM file you want (not the pre-indexed package for Windows) from, then use a bit-torrent client (such a qTorrent) to download the actual ZIM data file to your computer. You don't need Internet, everything is stored on your mobile device!ĭownload the Kiwix program from the iTunes App Store then download the ZIM data files which contain the content. Kiwix enables you to have the whole of Wikipedia (and many other web sites) available wherever you go! On a boat, in the middle of nowhere, or when data charges are too high, Kiwix gives you access to the whole human knowledge for free.
