Category Archives: Usability Testing

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)

It’s hard to see the red flags with rose coloured glasses on…

Monday, October 23, 2006 – 2:14 PM

… that is exactly what I told my friend when the engine of his 1989 Jaguar blew not long after he bought the car in a wave of enthusiasm. He ended up getting the engine re-built for more money than the car had cost when he said that he should have known this might [...]

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