Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread HB Gill
I'd recommend looking at Morae by TechSmith: http://www.techsmith.com/morae.asp Hal Gill, CEA FGM, Inc. www.fgm.com On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Rony Philip wrote: > Hi All, > > Even in this recession time, I have been given a decent budget for my user > experience team. I have planned to i

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Junaid
If your team has not invested in Axure yet, now is a good time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=38056 Welcome to the Interaction De

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Daniel Szuc
Hi Rony: To follow on and support Dana's post ... Invest the budget back into your people and process (rather than the hardware alone) * Training and conferences (to name a few ... ) - http://www.usabilityprofessionals.org/conference/2009/ - http://www.uie.com/events/ - http://interaction09.ixd

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Alexandra O'Neal
"That said, eye-tracking gear is so way more expensive than it's worth, so even if you use the results properly, you're spending way more money than you should on usability tests and analysis." I'm so glad you said that. I made that argument to our usability research group recently, arguing there

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > Eye-tracking results have to be put into perspective by about 100 other > things (metrics, goals, click paths, etc). Without those things, all you > have are pretty pictures. > A clarification: That said, eye-tracking gear is so way more expensive than it's worth, so even if you use the resul

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Robert Hoekman Jr
> > One of these days, I'm going to make a "Just Say No to Eye Trackers" > t-shirt. > Now, now, Jared. You know they can be useful—they're just widely misinterpreted as providing meaningful information all by themselves. Eye-tracking results have to be put into perspective by about 100 other thin

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread mark schraad
I will buy a bunch of those shirts! It will be a different audience to give something to than those that now have a copy of the 'Inmates'. Mark On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Jared Spool wrote: > >> > One of these days, I'm going to make a "Just Say No to Eye Trackers" > t-shirt. > > ___

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Dana Chisnell
There are so many other things I would spend money on before spending it on an eye-tracker: More staff or interns Better incentives for participants More test sessions! Some deeper research project that would be strategic Space to do other methods in besides testing Portable equipment like a

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Katie Albers
I'm with Jared on this one...and Ouija boards are much more flexible, too. You can use them for information on absolutely anything! Eye trackers rely on a central unproven theory that eyes track to the point of main interest. A moment's thought about your own behaviors will show you that's

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Chauncey Wilson
Seems like you are being a bit harsh Jared -- the equipment/tools do not generate the predictions and bad predictions are often due to poor choice of tasks, small samples, or lack of background in analysis and interpretation methods. I would suggest getting the new Pulse pen by Livescribe (www.liv

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Erin Walsh
I'll completely second Nik's recommendation for Morae or Silverback. Things are tight for our budget, so our hopes for Morae were transferred to settling on Silverback. I prefer Morae's full feature set, but Silverback still helps us get the job done and has been a huge benefit to our ent

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Jared Spool
On Feb 2, 2009, at 7:04 AM, Rony Philip wrote: Even in this recession time, I have been given a decent budget for my user experience team. I have planned to invest in usability tools/ products (assets) for our team. E.g. Eye tracker. One of these days, I'm going to make a "Just Say No to Ey

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Nik Lazell
Hi Rony, How about Morae or Silverback? Nik -Original Message- From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Rony Philip Sent: 02 February 2009 15:04 To: disc...@ixda.org Subject: [IxDA Discuss] Usability

[IxDA Discuss] Usability Tools and Products

2009-02-02 Thread Rony Philip
Hi All, Even in this recession time, I have been given a decent budget for my user experience team. I have planned to invest in usability tools/ products (assets) for our team. E.g. Eye tracker. Could anyone suggest the other tools/products (software or hardware assets) that I could look into? c