Usability Inspection Methods
Abstract
This chapter explains the different methods for usability evaluations, as well as the difference between empirical and straight inspection methods. Two case studies show real-world examples of two different types of expert reviews.
Keywords
Evaluations
Heuristics
Expert review
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.
Pablo Picasso
Usability Evaluations
Usability, as defined in Chapter 1, as the overall usefulness of an object/product. Can a person actually use it for something that they want?
Usability evaluations refer to any one of a set of methods allowing a user experience (UX) expert to evaluate the usability of a product or system in varying levels of detail.
Usability evaluations ...
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