Review of Easy and Inexpensive Tools for Usability Testing
November 30th, 2009 — 26 Comments
There is a perception about usability testing that it is both time consuming and expensive. While it can be time consuming, good usability testing certainly can be inexpensive. You will find out with the examples below and the good thing is that there are a number of different online tools that don’t all do the same thing so you can test different aspects of a site in multiple ways.
The following is a look at five of the most well known tools to help you get the most out of user testing without the need for a large budget.
Read more...How to Design Buttons to Help Improve Usability
September 10th, 2009 — 64 Comments
Buttons can play a big part in how visitors interact with a website. They come in varying shapes, sizes and styles but there are a few things to consider when designing buttons:
- Use of Icons
- Look and Feel
- Behaviour
- Importance
- Consistency
Use of Icons
Using icons as part of buttons can help improve usability by providing a visual aid making it more obvious to the user as to what function the button provides. Below are examples of buttons incorporating icons and shapes to do just that:
Superb Examples of Form Design
June 22nd, 2009 — 20 Comments
Following on from our look at fantastic login pages comes a look at more comprehensive form design such as contact forms, order forms, sign up forms and comment forms. Below are just some of the best examples on the web.
WPCoder uses a high quality image of a clipboard for their order form.
