This past week I put together a report about an eye tracking study for Kent State University’s library website. The task was: Ask the library to order your favorite book. This proved to be a huge difficulty for the five participants. They had no idea where to start, what to do, and how to do
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Benefits of eye tracking usability studies
In their “How to Conduct Eye Tracking Studies” report, usability experts Kara Pernice and Jakob Nielsen suggest such studies can help reveal: … the time a person spends on a page, the action he takes there, what he reads aloud, what he hovers the mouse over, whether he smiles or grimaces, and what he comments
Read on »Usability Testing: Yes to gesture tests!
It’s absolutely necessary for usability studies to include steps for testing gestures, specifically on user interfaces which will be used on more than one device. A gesture test could be included as its own separate study within the overall usability testing study of the interface. There could be specific gestures to be tested, which means
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I am working on a project which calls for the following: “… think through the process of setting up and conducting a usability test for mobile devices … you will design the location and test protocols, including any logistical and equipment considerations necessary to conduct a real test.” I found “A Big Nerd Ranch Tech Talk:
Read on »Unmoderated Remote Usability Test Findings: Wunderground.com
Here is a presentation about the findings from an unmoderated remote usability test for Wunderground.com. If you would like to take the test, click here. View the presentation PDF here. On findings Wunderground.com is easy to use for simple tasks such as looking up a city’s 10-day forecast, finding the radar for your area or
Read on »Creating An Unmoderated Remote Usability Test
This week, I created three tasks for an unmoderated remote usability test for wunderground.com. If you’d like to take the test, go here. It shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes to complete. This exercise helped me understand the importance of setting up close-ended tasks for such a test. The follow-up questions are just as important
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