SIGIA-L Mail Archives: Re: SIGIA-L: usability testing on sitema
Re: SIGIA-L: usability testing on sitemaps
From: christina wodtke (cwodtke_at_eleganthack.com)
Date: Wed Apr 25 2001 - 19:35:33 EDT
> We found that when we did usability testing in a lab with the final,
working
> prototype, we got results that were very different from the feedback
gained
> from the paper prototypes. Not contradictory, but different - very
oriented
> toward the placement of buttons, where the nav appeared on the page, etc.
> These items were present in the paper prototypes, but the users had zero
> reaction to them until they saw them as part of a live interface.
true! I quite agree.. the results are very different. you can really test
core concepts and interaction design at the wireframe/prototype stage, while
I think usability testing on a more complete product reveals, as you say,
the importance of color, button placemen etc.
my dream scenarios is
usability testing on existing product or competitor product, to learn mental
models> usability testing on wireframe-stage prototypes>usability testing on
fully functional design prototype.
how often do I get to realize me dream. I don't want to say. too depressing.
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