Category Archives: Usability Testing

Drawing parallels in the usability of everyday things

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 – 4:54 PM

As I stuck my foot into the elevator at the Habañero offices — from the inside, of course — to hold it open for a colleague this morning, it struck me that a lot of the principles of user-centric design that we hold dear for interactive media and web development are not as readily applied to everyday [...]

By Nick | Also posted in Design, User Experience, Web 2.0 | Comments (0)

Tools, tools, and more tools

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 – 4:02 PM

Lately we have tried different tools at Habañero during our design process because we’re always on the lookout for ways to improve how we do things. We looked at some usability testing, video capture, and design deliverable applications, among others. I thought it was about time to share some of the tools we have tried or want [...]

By Jasvir | Also posted in Team Work, tools | Comments (1)

Alternatives to a usability lab

Friday, January 11, 2008 – 6:03 PM

I’ve come across a couple of alternatives to usability testing in a lab recently. The first is (extremely) rapid testing at a trade show booth, as described in the paper, Extremely Rapid Usability Testing.
Another is usability testing with a number of different audiences at museum conferences explained in, “ Usability@90mph: Presenting and evaluation [...]

By Barbara | Comments (0)

Our future is bright!

Wednesday, January 2, 2008 – 4:28 PM

USA News & World Report (Jan. 2, 2008) listed 31 careers with bright futures. Last, but not least (it’s in alphabetical order), are usability/user experience specialists.
Librarians are also on the list, cousins of usability/user experience specialists (both have strong ties to information architecture).
See the entire list of professions or the the summary for usability [...]

By Barbara | Also posted in User Experience | Comments (0)

Reworking Product Landing Pages

Tuesday, January 23, 2007 – 2:56 PM

I’ve been working with North Shore Credit Union (NSCU) for a couple of years now, designing the current site and continuously refining the navigation and key pages. As a client, they’re great to work with because they believe in the power of usability testing and they’re fanatic about site analytics. The NSCU site is built [...]

By Tracey | Also posted in Analytics, Design, Financial Services | Comments (0)