Usability Testing
A Usability study or usability testing or UI/UX testing is actually a research method for assessing how how easy it is for participants to complete the important tasks in a design. During a usability study, participants are provided the designs/products and researchers follow participants when they interact with the product/design. All the feedback from the users is then collected and worked upon.
The user’s feedback helps the design team make important improvements to the user interface and user experience. Usability studies can take place at various points in the design process:
- Stage I: You can conduct a usability study when you have an early idea, this would be like a basic prototype that is just little interactive. this is called concept testing.
- Stage II: You can also conduct a usability study when you have an interactive prototype. This is where most of the designers conduct a study because it gives the design team insight on what needs to be revised or added before the product launches.
- Stage III: You can even conduct a usability study with a product when it is complete. This is done when you may want to change a feature of the product or test if the product is usable with a specific group of people.
What Is Usability?
Usability is one of the most important factors that affects the user experience of any application, website, or any other piece of software. Usability principles like Visibility, User control, etc. are make or break for many applications. Usability or user-centered design is the process of designing something from the perspective of how it will eventually be used by an actual person. In simple words, usability is the ease with which a user can use a product, or software to perform the core tasks for which the product or software has been created. In this article we will look at what usability and its principles are, what is Usability testing and how can we improve the usability of our application.
What Is Usability?