DeskScribe is a suite of tools for recording a user's desktop activity in usability testing scenarios. It captures the mouse pointer at 200 frames per second, so I would advise against running it on devices powered solely by a battery, for extended periods of time. Currently, it only captures and logs mouse activity data. The log format is completely compatibile with that of LogSquare. There is a huge TODO list for the project, but currently we can log mouse data, and render activity graphs from that data, in the Mausgrapher application that is included in DeskScribe.

The deskscribe logging application runs as a system tray icon. From here, you can start and stop the logging, or quit the application. In the future, it will eventually be able to log key presses as well as capture the screen in video formats.

I've also just released version 0.4.0. You can find it here:

http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/deskscribe/

There is no bugzilla set up yet, but it will also be hosted in bugzilla.gnome.org. If there are any patches or bugs you wish to report, feel free to send them directly to me for the time being.

Enjoy, and I hope people will actually use this for usability studies with GNOME, KDE, or other open source applications and desktops.