Are usability studies experiments?

When I conduct usability studies, I use a laptop and Morae to create a portable and low-cost usability lab. I typically visit the participant on site, so I can look around. I provide a scenario that participants can follow as they try using a new software feature. Morae records their voices, facial expressions, on-screen actions, clicks, […]

Your usability advantage

When businesses buy software, rather than choose the software with the lowest purchase price, they ought to consider the total cost of ownership—including the added productivity and enjoyment that usability and user-experience provide.
Every software company will say “our product is usable,” so how can you prove to prospective customer that you’ve really got usability?
Your product has […]