Usability testing is an invaluable research method that involves observing representative users interacting with your product to assess how easy or difficult it is to use. The key benefits of this ...

Jerry Cao is a UX content strategist at the wireframing and prototyping app UXPin. For advice on how to conduct 30+ different types of usability tests, check out The Guide to Usability Testing.

Even as an experienced information architect, I know that I will never get the design precisely “right” the first time. I always use paper prototypes to walk through a design. But even a design that ...

The new product development cycle can be quite complex, especially when it comes to technology. There’s a lot of planning, testing and tinkering that must happen before a tech product is ready to hit ...

Usability testing for applications, interfaces or apps need not be a complicated, costly, or time-consuming exercise. There's a relatively quick and easy way to go about it -- and make all the needed ...

It doesn’t matter what you call it. Here's the bottom line: you need to test software with its future users. One of the topics that create much confusion in the software world is the difference ...

Heuristic evaluation and usability testing are two of the most established methods to evaluate software for usability. When in doubt, one is the winner. Assessing the ease of use of a software is ...