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• Test ‘Til You Drop: Three More Days Of Q4 Bug Battling!

  
  Software Testing Blog — Authority: 420
  With only three days left in our week-long Q4 E-tailer Bug Battle , 350+ bugs have already been reported by nearly 100 testers from around the globe. While testers may not be experiencing the all-too-familiar “shop ’til you drop” phenomenon, there’s been no shortage of crowds, enthusiasm or effort during this ...
  18 hours ago

• Inexpensive ways to target problem areas

  
  Column Two — Authority: 126
  Todd Elliott has written an article on remote usability techniques . To quote: Until fairly recently, when designers wanted to test an idea or design, they sought out an outside usability agency or, rented a room, some expensive equipment and recruited users to come into an artificial environment to participate in ...
  1 day ago

• Readability in Web Design

  
  www.IT-Everyday.com — Authority: 151
  One of the most important characteristics of any website or online material is it’s readability. In order for the content to be effective and to do its job, people must be able to easily read it. It sounds simple, but with the amount of distractions that are online and the difficulty that some people have with ...
  3 days ago

• Usabilla Travel Site Test: Underdogs beat Expedia in usability showdown

  
  Konigi — Authority: 425
  Usabilla was ran usability tests to compare the usability of four travel sites and has posted the results. Their analysis concludes that Expedia gets defeated by its competitors Hotwire, Priceline, and Travelocity on basic usability tasks. Expedia performed the worst in a usability showdown between the four major ...
  3 days ago

• Easy Usability Testing with UserTesting.com

  
  Marketing Technology Blog — Authority: 427
  An important, but unfortunately too-often overlooked, aspect of web design is usability. Most experienced web designers understand the basic concepts and principles of usability, but the more complex a website, the more important usability testing becomes. E-commerce websites are especially important to test because ...
  6 days ago

• Intuition HQ – Test Your Design’s Usability

  
  Rev2.org — Authority: 421
  Collaboration and design modeling sites aren’t anything new.  Since websites began, the need to involve the client in the site design and workflow has been a part of the professional design and development process.  Solutions for this range from very expensive and robust to free and useless. IntuitionHQ.com is ...
  1 week ago

• New Accessibility Developments – Giving Voice to the Web

  
  AniktoBlog — Authority: 406
  Last week saw the emergence of three intriguing technologies in the areas of website vocalization and Web 2.0 usage among people with disabilities. IBM Social Accessibility Project Users who are blind rely on screen reading software to interpret text-based data from Web pages, but sites that aren’t coded correctly ...
  1 week ago

• Some testing is better than none

  
  Column Two — Authority: 126
  Ideally, all intranet design projects should adopt a design approach which consults with users throughout the process, from identifying needs to input and evaluation of structure and design. This is not always possible. Time and cost limitations occasionally result in corners being cut with testing often being the ...
  1 week ago

• the speed of the mobile web, part 1: user perception

  
  Little Springs Design — Authority: 451
  Last week, Gomez published "Why the Mobile Web is Disappointing End-Users,” which you can read online at Scribd . In summary, huge numbers of users are reporting problems with the mobile web, with download time the number one problem. While this seems simple, it really isnt. Consider my ongoing experience on my ...
  1 week ago

• Lessons Learned from Project Managers - "Focus on the User"

  
  Viaspire - Define.Innovate.Maximize. — Authority: 112
  BNET talks to project heads from GM, Nokia, Mehtod and Facebook to find out what they consider "lessons learned" from working on high-stakes projects. What I loved about each response was that the "user" was an influential factor in each take-away. The perfect enemy is the enemy of the deadline. "When you’re ...
  1 week ago

• A/B or Multivariate Testing?

  
  Wir sprechen Online. — Authority: 141
  Landing pages offer great opportunities for A/B or multivariate testing : both have dis/advantages ; http://j.mp/20OlCM
  2 weeks ago

• Where Usability and Documentation Meet

  
  Gryphon Mountain Journals — Authority: 110
  Last week, IT groups in the organization held a conference so that we could share techniques and best practices while saving the money it would take to send hundreds of people to external conferences. Because of the different roles represented aside from developers and testers, I had enough topics other than things ...
  2 weeks ago

• Increase Conversions in Long Web Forms by Resolving the Accidental Back Button Activation Issue

  
  Cone Trees — Authority: 103
  This article is article i wrote published by Evolt. You will have to read the article there. The article talks about the issue of accidentally activating the browser back button through the keyboard while interacting with a long web form is applicable to users across expertise levels. The time and effort wasted by the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pidoco° – prototying and remote, moderated user testing – combined!

  
  90 Percent of Everything - by Harry Brignull — Authority: 449
  I have to admit I only tried Pidoco° very briefly at UX Brighton last week, but I was impressed with what I saw. They’ve integrated an Axure-style prototyping tool with a remote, moderated usability testing tool, and the price is very competitive: only $45/month for the entry-level package. For the same service ...
  3 weeks ago

• Usability Testing With Usabilla

  
  Mike McCready — Authority: 112
  User Testing I’ve noticed a shift in the web design world.  Maybe the shift isn’t recent, maybe I’m just become aware of it.  The increasing importance of involving the user in the design process.  User centered design is becoming especially important in higher education.  As colleges and universities ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mountain TTOP

  
  blog.cogapp.com — Authority: 108
  To those of you looking for Top of the Pops who have come to this blog-post accidentally I say “fret not wandering searcher”, for you have stumbled upon a treasure far more substantial than the much-mourned TOTP. You have stumbled upon Cogapp’s TTOP: Tech Tuesday Outreach Program. Firstly, let’s a get a bit ...
  3 weeks ago

• UIEtips: Moderating with Multiple Personalities: 3 Roles for Facilitating Usability Tests

  
  UIE Brain Sparks — Authority: 108
  Sometimes, just adding a mental image to something difficult can make it dramatically easier. I discovered this while helping people learn to become better usability test moderators. Moderating a usability test is difficult. There’s a lot going on, and you have to keep it all moving. Years ago, when we were ...
  3 weeks ago

• Effectively Moderating Usability Tests, October 21

  
  UIE Brain Sparks — Authority: 108
  You’ve just been asked to moderate a usability test. Whether it’s your first or your 199th,do you know how to do it and capture the best results? Will you be able to start it without a lump in your throat, or without being distracted by the though that your every move is being watched? We’re bringing an expert ...
  3 weeks ago

• Less Website IS More. No, really!

  
  Christian Web Trends Blog by OurChurch.Com — Authority: 423
  I’m a detail person.  The more information, the better. I’m an options person too.  I like choices. At least that’s what I used to think.  Perhaps you do to.  But it’s not true. For the most part, we think we want more information and more choices, but the reality is that we are busy.  We tend to skim ...
  3 weeks ago

• Lessons in UX: Should you facilitate usability tests of your own designs?

  
  Blog of Much Holding — Authority: 130
  This is a topic of discussion that comes up in conversations with my peers about every six months or so. Should you test your own designs? Many, perhaps even the majority, say no – designers need to not facilitate usability testing of their own designs because of the potential bias that the designers bring. Others ...
  4 weeks ago

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