On Mar 6, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: > That is, usability is as much if not more about research as it is > about evaluation, which most > translate as "testing" unfortunately.
Excellent point Andrei. Our company puts usability under the research umbrella. We do call it out in our service offerings, because companies search for that term specifically. However, I've always been of the school of thought that usability analysis/testing is a research method. You'll find this in the way we run our studies as well—they're as much about exploratory research as they are about seeing if the participant can complete a task/goal. Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. ---------------------------------- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com ---------------------------------- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
