Comments on: Is usability testing as we know it about to radically change? http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/07/30/is-usability-testing-as-we-know-it-about-to-radically-change/ The usability blog of John S. Rhodes Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: dany http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/07/30/is-usability-testing-as-we-know-it-about-to-radically-change/#comment-69895 Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:22:07 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/07/30/is-usability-testing-as-we-know-it-about-to-radically-change/#comment-69895 Accesibility and usability are very important factor today. Until now, almost no one don't care about it.But things become different .It is more good in this way , ins't ? Accesibility and usability are very important factor today. Until now, almost no one don’t care about it.But things become different .It is more good in this way , ins’t ?

]]> by: Yuri http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/07/30/is-usability-testing-as-we-know-it-about-to-radically-change/#comment-20825 Tue, 01 Aug 2006 07:20:52 +0000 http://www.webword.com/wp/2006/07/30/is-usability-testing-as-we-know-it-about-to-radically-change/#comment-20825 It is true that user testing will evolve, but it won't stop being user testing. While some usability consultants may think that they simply need to talk to the user, they are wrong. They need to diversify the approach they take to solicit the most valuable feedback from the user. That's why a variety of flexible methods should be used. Flexible both to the usability folks and the test participants. The case the study touched is simply that usability experts need to be more flexible in running their tests and take some common sense into account. Would it make sense for a 'talk aloud session' in a crowded, noisy office? For me, the study is just another proof that usability consultants need to go along with the common sense. Common sense: 1, Waste time and money on research: 0 It is true that user testing will evolve, but it won’t stop being user testing.

While some usability consultants may think that they simply need to talk to the user, they are wrong. They need to diversify the approach they take to solicit the most valuable feedback from the user. That’s why a variety of flexible methods should be used. Flexible both to the usability folks and the test participants.

The case the study touched is simply that usability experts need to be more flexible in running their tests and take some common sense into account. Would it make sense for a ‘talk aloud session’ in a crowded, noisy office?

For me, the study is just another proof that usability consultants need to go along with the common sense.

Common sense: 1, Waste time and money on research: 0

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