Archive for September, 2011

Emergence of Usability TestingIn the beginning, there was an ocean liner. It was in the late 1940s. Henry Dreyfuss designed the state rooms for ocean liners “Independence” and “Constitution” and installed them in a warehouse. A group of travelers was invited to live in these rooms for a while after installation.

Their aim was to evaluate the new conditions and conveniences. This is known to be the first record of usability testing in action.With the development of web space and virtual services, methods of usability testing are constantly updated. Today we’d like to present the basic principles and ways of usability testing of websites. Web Projects Usability Testing – Its Types The simple truth proposed by Jeffrey Graham is evident and states that customers who find your website difficult to use will most likely leave it, which is surely bad for your business. Usability testing could ensure you’re on the right track to make the visitors stay at your site.

The most common concept of usability testing is a feedback left by users after some interaction with your website.  This could be done in a form of an interview of a website moderator with a participant – representative of the coveted potential audience. Participants go through some steps proposed by moderators and report on the results and inconveniences they face. The website owner should take into consideration all the likes and dislikes of users and enhance the website. Everything sounds clear, nothing extraordinary, as you might think, but when and where would it fit in the process of user’s interaction with a project?

via Basics of Website Usability Testing | Template Monster Blog.