Re: [IxDA Discuss] CONAN Design Review
I would too! krushf...@gmail.com On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:24 AM, Samantha LeVan wrote: > I'd love to participate. > > tigerfork at gmail dot com > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=43460 > > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Testing Challenge
Hello, I work on similar usability labs and my task lists always start with some exploratory tasks. Even if they may do some of the widget related tasks during that period, I would still ask the specific tasks associated with the goals of the widget. Hope that helps and good luck! Kaden On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:21 AM, pendar wrote: > Hi all, > I am a UI designer for a start up company and I'm conducting a > usability test for our web product for the first time. > > I've read a few books including "handbook of usability testing" > and "a practical guide to usability testing", and I've read a ton > of resources online. > > The product we are testing is a web widget which is going to be > integrated in other websites (blogs, portals, etc.). We have a > working prototype where we have embedded the widget in a fully > functional mocked-up website. > > We are interested in testing two things: > 1- Whether or not people will notice our widget at all and will > interact with it > 2- Knowing what the widget is, how easily can they use the features > the widget offers > > The success of the product largely depends on the first point. The > problem is that its almost impossible to write tasks for that. > > So I have designed the test to have 2 parts: in the first part, I > want to give the user about 10 minutes to free-roam the website, and > think-out-loud, to see how long it would take for them to notice the > widget. I also want to observe how long it will take for them to > interact with the feature, and see if they understand (and use) the > features of the widget on their own. > > In part 2, I will give them particular tasks related to features of > the widget and see how well they can interact with the UI (if they > haven't figured out by now what the widget is, I will tell them) > > The only issue is, they might have already done some of the tasks in > part 2 when they were free-roaming in part 1, and I'm not sure how > to handle that. > > So, for the usability experts here, do you think this is a good > approach? I would definitely appreciate your advice and comments. > > > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
[IxDA Discuss] Leaderboard on Home Page Question
Hello, I'm looking for some advice. I work for small and medium sized news and information websites and we recently received the request to use a leaderboard ad spot in the header of the site home page, instead of a smaller ad spot. I would prefer to continue to use leaderboards on article or section fronts, but not on the home page. My instinct tells me that users who visit our home pages are looking for broad content options and will be turned off by the presence of a leaderboard above the navigation since that is still the main path to our content options. On article pages, I don't think it's a hindrance since they can simply ignore the leaderboard (or click on it) but either way users are not hindered from viewing their content as it is delivered in the main section of the page. Any thoughts or help on this would be great! best, kr Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .. http://www.ixda.org/help
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Twitter
I think twitter leverages many of the "killer" aspects of blogging tweets have a ubiquitous rather than a localized feel as I follow the micro-blog updates of career heroes as well as my coworkers and friends. maybe u have to be a birder to appreciate it! peep, lo On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:38 PM, Tahsin Shamma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree that Twitter has little real value besides replicating in web form > what people have already done over IM. > > I am also very skeptical of the need for something like this. What's the > killer app here that's new? > > > > 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 > 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
Re: [IxDA Discuss] Simple usability lab - suggestions?
Hello, Take a look at techshmith's morae software. http://www.techsmith.com/ That can cover screen activity and has some great analysis tools. With a web cam and mic you can record facial expressions and sounds for the same session and review both together in one frame. At my company we are trying to expose/evangelize the usability work. I invite folks to be silent witnesses. These labs have been one of the best ways to keep the conversation going as they experience the unexpected and learn from seeing their work in the context of the user. We are a national company so when I set up labs I often just take over a conference room/empty office and that has worked just fine. On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Kordian Piotr Klecha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are thinking about building small and simple usability lab. The goal is > to minimize the cost, retaining capabilities to quick test some own ideas > and (especially) results of changes we made. I am wondering about basic > equipment we need - and current list is: one PC (well equipped: fast hdd, a > lot of RAM and so on), one camcorder, some mousetracking software... and? > > To say it clear: we are not going to make eyetracking tests at the moment. > We just want to create a place where we can run some basic, scenario-based > tests, detecting (and documenting) main usability problems. > > I will be grateful for suggestions, especially pointing important additional > hardware or specific solutions (including software details). > > 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 > 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
