Tag: testing
Economical Usability Testing
Usability testing is often overlooked to the peril of both the developer and the consumer. I was convicted reading Steve Krug’s book on usability to go ahead with testing even if it’s small and cheap. In doing this for the recent design of this site I wanted to share how I did usability testing for all of $60. Feedback Form The first thing I did was create a form in Wufoo, a powerful form building application, to receive feedback. I made it simple and short (I had to keep it to 10 fields in the free version). (read more...)Post Meta
- January 31, 2008
- Design, Typography, Usability, User Experience, User Interface, Web Design
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- 725 Words
Tools For Web Designers
Everyone, especially computer people, love lists of resources. I do as well, and I decided it’s time to share many of the resources that have helped me in my career. All of these resources (except for the print books) are either freeware, open source, or the application offers a free version.Firefox Firebug - Essential tool for CSS/JavaScript debugging. YSlow - Firebug add-on to help determine performance bottlenecks. Web Developer Toolbar - Provides tools to compliment Firebug. Fireftp - The best FTP client and in a browser no less! Dust-Me Selectors - Scans the page against your current style sheet to determine extraneous styles. Server (read more...)Post Meta
- October 6, 2007
- Downloads, Resources, Tutorials, Web Design
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- 505 Words