Is usability testing as we know it about to radically change?
Human Factors International — “Recent research on usability techniques is yielding some interesting results, and may point us in different directions in the future. Do we stay the course of tradition, or do we embrace growth and change?”
This is a must read: New trends in usability testing
August 1st, 2006 at 3:20 am
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
March 15th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
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 ?