A quality step in software development where users are recruited who match key characteristics of target users and are asked to complete tasks using the software. Key measures are user error rate, time on task, and satisfaction. Can be moderated or unmoderated, remote or in-person. A skillful moderator can draw out mental model mismatches. The goal is to find issues while they are still relatively inexpensive to correct.
Questions tagged [usability-testing]
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Log every button press / interaction in an iOS App
Is there a way to catch all sorts of user interactions, but first and foremost button presses in an iOS app? I'm interested in logging these events with a time stamp and ideally with the name of the screen they appear on.
I guess the simplest way is…
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What libraries are available to record a user browsing your website for usability testing?
I remember seeing a JavaScript library a long time ago that offered the ability to record where users clicked and moved their mouse on your website, in order to do usability testing. I can't seem to find it anymore.
Are there any libraries out there…
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How to differentiate typing text from pressing a shortcut
I'm trying to do some research on user activity with the app. I have found a way of making a special log module (combined with PRISM) which would use the EventManager.RegisterClassHandler static method.
My question is - how would you differentiate…
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Tips for finding things in your program that are broken that you don't know about?
I was working on something for a client today when I found a way to break some functionality in our program.
(The code is really legacy code, it's been in development for about 10 years and I've only been working here for about a year.)
It didn't…
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How to do a focus group for a website
I have been developing a new online game for the past year now. The site has recently gone to beta testing and I am looking to go gold later this fall. I have heard from some people that they are confused when they first signed up, and it gave me…
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A/B multivariate platform that works with subdomains
I am about to run some a/b and multivariate tests for some landing pages.
In the past I used google website optimizer, but I always had problems when dealing with subdomains.
The documentation for gwo is poor and the various approaches I tried, made…
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Free usability testing software
I'm looking to do some quick and relatively straight forward usability tests on my website with a few select users.
Are there any free programs that would allow me record the users as they perform actions in the browser? I.e. Record user using…
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Nielson's usablity scale
Just wondering if anyone out there knows of a standard survey (preferably based off Jacob Nielson's work on usability) that web admin's can administer to test groups for usability?
I could just make up my own but I feel there as got to be some solid…
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Record iPhone screen and user's actions
In order to do usability testing I'd like to record an iPhone's display along with every user action. I can't modify the application itself however jailbreaking the phone wouldn't be a problem.
Ideally I'd like to get a full resolution video of the…
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Usability testing with users with ASD?
Has anyone ever conducted usability testing with users with ASD?
I need to test an existing website to make sure it is suitable for neurodivergent users as well. I would need to ask testers to perform a list of tasks on a targeted website and I've…
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Usability Tests of Widely-Used Software
Does anyone know where I can go to find the results of usability testing of widely used software?
I want to be able to make informed decisions about:
which bits of existing packages to copy in my software
how to choose between multiple packages…
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Showing power to every user harms Usability of a Requirement Management software?
I am working on a Requirement Management software which is truly powerful in features. But now its cluttered with usability issues & I have never seen such complex user xperience like this one. What I found, all features/powers are accessible to…
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Google website optimizer and nested tests
I am running a test on a landing page. The conversion is a "signup" page with a form.
I would like now to test some form designs, and find an optimized version.
Can I use my form (conversion page for first test) as a new original for my new…
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I need to build a live demo of a user flow that takes user responses and keeps them anonymous
Hello smart people of stack overflow. My team need to create a live demo (on the web preferably) of our user flow and we want to be able to take user responses, have the responses be sent back to the user via email and for those responses to be…
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How to make LibreOffice 7.2 toolbar readable?
I have installed LibreOffice v7.2 and while it may be functionally OK, I am having extreme trouble actually reading toolbar-s. Here's an example screenshot:
Note the circled areas. These are common toolbar buttons for alignment, indent,…
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