One of the bigger problems that designers and testers have in the way of usability is in working out a really good way to not only accurately measure it, but to implement standards for good and bad when it comes to the metric you get. In the past, many people have worked out their on…
5 Important Usability Factors to Consider
Having explored the basic nature of usability, along with the paradoxical nature of assessing it, and having looked at analytics and metrics of the concept, it’s time to broach the topic of key usability factors. These are the various aspects of the nature of usability – standards and attributes – which must be prioritized and…
4 Important Usability Assessment Tips
Usability assessment can be a bit of a tricky thing to undergo, but with any design phase, be it software, SaaS or web interface in general, it’s a necessary evil. The problem is that finding efficient ways to assess this is an ongoing struggle that hasn’t seen any real prospects for end all solutions. Either…
4 Mission Critical Tools for Testing your Website’s Usability
By: Jessica @UsabilityL Miller There are a number of different factors that come into place when determining whether a website is successful or not. What many people don’t realize is that the one thing that can be the very lifeline of a site isn’t how big it is or how much money it makes, it’s how easy it…
Eye Tracking Usability Best Practices
Eye tracking usability principles are incredibly important. Unfortunately, many designers and developers of software and web interfaces either don’t know this, or just choose to assume that this isn’t the case, and it’s resulted in a lot of layouts not being conducive to immediate recognition and comprehension. The problem is that if you don’t order…
Usability and Accessibility – Finding the Balance
At this point, with computers and other digital services so ubiquitous in the lives of almost everyone, the hurdle of finding a balance between usability and accessibility is at last a serious issue. At one point, accessibility was less of a hurdle than it is today, accessibility being the design of features to facilitate easier…
Why Usability is Important
In light of a lot of skepticism being met by this field online, I think it’s time to stop for a moment and talk about why usability is so important. Some may think this is kind of a “well duh” topic, but understandably, there are those who aren’t as sure. These are often coders and…
How to Write a Usability Report
One of the bits of knowledge you need to have when working in usability or UX is how to write usability reports. Now, hold on before you let out your audible groan. We all know that the need to write reports sucks, and that this consumes time we’d all rather be devoting to seemingly more…
Prioritizing Web Usability for Best Results
Prioritizing web usability is becoming increasingly important as time passes, largely in part to what’s known as the “law of increasing ubiquity of computing”. What do I mean by that pretentious term? Simply, as time goes by, more people will increase their use of digital services, and more people will be born into a technological…