Usability research

We have published some articles about Usability research within this section. Feel free to read through these and improve your knowledge of the area:

26/04/2010 - Using humour in the user experience
We look at how humour is being used in some websites on the web and ask if is the punch line is falling flat?
25/03/2010 - Getting Agile with User Experience Research
In this article we take a look at how research, planning, and testing can go Agile.
25/02/2010 - Eye tracking the user experience
We look at how to find the right method, tools and media to measure your user experience and when to apply eye tracking.
25/02/2010 - UK retail mega menu navigation review
We take a look at some of the key retail sites in the UK and the use of 'mega menus'
21/04/2009 - Ten tips for homepage usability
Is your homepage working hard enough? have a look at our ten tips your site should address.
21/04/2009 - A/B testing and what it means
Read our quick overview about A/B testing and see if its something you could benefit from.
20/04/2009 - Beat the recession with ten e-commerce usability tips
Read our quick tips to optimising your e-commerce site, highly relevant given all the discussion around a recession.
23/02/2009 - Navigation usability
Navigation is absolutely critical to any website and getting it wrong will have fairly negative effects on your end users and their experience on your site.
19/02/2009 - Mobile usability
What are the key considerations for mobile and handheld usability? What should you be doing to improve the end user experience?
18/02/2009 - Intranet usability
What are the key considerations for usability on your company Intranet? We explore some of the areas in this article.
09/02/2009 - Writing for the web
What are the key considerations for writing for the web and how can you improve the copy on your own site?
07/02/2009 - Usability for the elderly
We focus on the elderly and their use of the web. This key demographic is often referred to as the "Silver surfers". Find out how you can improve your site to cater for these users.
05/02/2009 - Usability for children
There are still a lot of unknown variables about the children of the "Digital generation" but we take a look at some of the characteristics of children as web users.

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