A test of the organization and discoverability of content on a site by evaluating a text-based structure rather than a fully developed user interface
- Overlapping information categories and confusing labels remain two of the most pervasive problems in website design.
- Tree testing is usually done as a remote, unmoderated study using online software. To create a tree test, you need two things: the tree (the hierarchical, text-based representation of site navigation) and the tasks (the real-world situations that would motivate participants to look for certain information).
- The software presents the tree to the participants, and tracks how they move through the tree and which item they select as the destination for the task. ...