Website navigation design can influence your online visitor’s experiences and how well you convert traffic into potential clients. The design you use can also determine your ranking on search engines. When it comes to navigation, simplicity is the most crucial element to keep in mind. You do not want to overwhelm the people who visit…
Great Video: Paper Prototype Testing
By: Jessica @UsabilityL Miller Usability testing is a great way to identify possible problems with your navigation process and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune. This video demonstrates how you can conduct a simple and cost-efficient usability test with only some rudimentary design work and a few pieces of paper. In addition to the low…
Parallel Design Overview
Applying a parallel design on your website can help you achieve and generate more ideas all at once. Basically, it involves the creation of interface designs using different design groups simultaneously. It is normally aimed at assessing the various ideas before selecting the best design for an enhanced usability on your site. Typically, these design…
How Bad Accessibility is Creating Barriers for Your Users
The effectiveness of a website depends to a great extent on its accessibility. There is a range of factors that prevent a website from being properly accessible. Keeping the end user in mind, it’s critical to test the product at every stage of its development to consider whether it is accessible enough to appeal to…
How to Perform Task Analysis
Task analysis comes in varying models. While they may vary in regard to the kind of task being analyzed, the end results in most cases depict the same results. The analysis helps determine the task ahead and its effectiveness to its applicants and as well as its ability to deliver in accordance to the needs…
Great Video: Smartphone vs Tablet – The Ultimate Comparison and Usability Test
So which is better, a smartphone or a tablet? While it may be difficult to provide a definitive answer to this question, the comparison in this video provides valuable insight into how usability affects our everyday lives. As the video shows, sometimes how the product fits into your life is more important than user interfaces…
7 Must-Know Facts About Mobile Users
Improving your usability means building more confidence and better connections across a variety of devices, paying specific attention to those users with smartphones or tablets. According to Gartner, “Enterprises too often associate usability and user experience (UX) work as a nice-to-have aesthetic rather than an important business value generator. As a result, poor usability undermines…
How to Use Organization Schemes To Improve Website Usability
Organization schemes may make sense to one person but not necessarily fill in the dots of another person; this adds a layer of intricacy when it comes to content organization. Basically, an organization scheme has to do with how one is going to categorize his or her content in various ways so that he or…
Great Infographic- Smartphone vs Tablet- What’s the difference for users?
Tablets and smartphones have a lot of similarities, but as this infographic by Usability 24/7 shows, the way that users make use of these devices is very different. In the UK, 71% of smartphone users use their devices at work, while 62% of tablet users use their devices at night. Understanding what users want from…