Blog posts tagged
"Usability testing"

4 posts


Canonical
11 November 2013

Conducting Usability Testing: a case of just following the task script?

User Experience Ubuntu

In the previous post, we talked about how to design effective user testing tasks to evaluate the usability of an interface. This post continues with this topic by highlighting a number of key strategies that you may need to use when conducting a formative user testing, whose main aim is to identify usability problems and

Canonical
11 November 2013


Canonical
4 August 2011

Thunderbird & Evolution Usability Testing

User Experience Ubuntu

Recently we hired an external consultant to compare the usability of 2 email clients: Thunderbird and Evolution. I have taken some highlights from the report to compose this blog. Setting of the usability session The sessions took place in early June at the Canonical Office in London. Thirty participants were recruited....

Canonical
4 August 2011


Canonical
13 November 2010

Usability Testing of Unity

User Experience Ubuntu

In preparation for UDS, we conducted usability testing of Unity with general public users.  We are now better informed as to where we should expend further efforts to enhance the experience for users working with Unity. I summarize my findings below. Participants Selection We asked an external recruiting firm to find 15...

Canonical
13 November 2010


Canonical
11 August 2010

How are your users feeling? Example from Rhythmbox

Article Ubuntu

When conducting and writing up user research findings, I make a point of defining the experience goals alongside participant’s actual real life goals.  This is because, as users interact with a system, they are made to feel a certain way – just as people can, software can bring the best or the worst out of

Canonical
11 August 2010