Similar to the “Golden Rules” of user experience design that I have written about and cover in my presentations and seminars, there are many common myths about users and the user experience. Some myths have been around for many years, such as the myth, “You may not have more than 7 +/- 2 items in… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Usability Testing
So You Want to Be a Rock Star (Usability Consultant) – UPA 2007 Panel
Usability Professionals’ Association 2007 Conference: Patterns: Blueprints for Usability, June 11-15, Austin, Texas I am participating on an exciting panel of expert consultants at the 2007 UPA conference. It should be a great time. Please check out the Advance Program. Here’s a brief overview of our panel: So You Want to Be a Rock Star… Continue Reading
Web Search Design: Interview with Larry Cornett, Yahoo Director of User Experience Design
Larry Cornett, the relatively new Director of User Experience Design at Yahoo and Kathryn Kelly, Director of PR for Yahoo! Search, speak with Gord Hotchkiss of Search Engine Land. Read the interview here. Gord asked Larry and Catherine about the Yahoo search experience and how their own internal usability testing has led to the design… Continue Reading
New! Two Forrester Research Reports on Usability Testing
Forrester Research has just published two studies on usability testing in their new series, “Usability Testing for Managers.” I participated as one of the experts in the field Forrester surveyed for the studies. These studies are usually not publicly distributed, but you can view them here (shhh!!!). Click on the report title below to view… Continue Reading