CHAPTER 9Usability testing on 10 cents a day
KEEPING TESTING SIMPLE—SO YOU DO ENOUGH OF IT
Why didn’t we do this sooner?—WHAT EVERYONE SAYS AT SOME POINT DURING THEFIRST USABILITY TEST OF THEIR WEB SITE
About once a month, I get one of these phone calls:
As soon as I hear “launching in two weeks” (or even “two months”) and “usability testing” in the same sentence, I start to get that old fireman-headed-into-the-burning-chemical-factory feeling, because I have a pretty good idea of what’s going on.
If it’s two weeks, then it’s almost certainly a request for a disaster check. The launch is fast approaching and everyone’s getting nervous, and someone ...
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