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Heuristics – How We Measure Application Usability
While heuristics refers to mental tricks we employ to find shortcuts to common tasks so that we reduce the cognitive load on our brains, heuristic evaluations seek to assess an application’s mirroring of human responses to work. In the context of usability evaluation, they’re a set of principles or guidelines that serve as a framework for assessing the usability of a product.
These guidelines are derived from extensive research and best practices in the field of user experience design, and they provide a quick and effective way to identify potential usability issues and areas of improvement. By utilizing heuristics evaluations, you can gain valuable insights into how well your application ...
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