<p>Usability testing is used to determine whether an application or website has the following attributes: ease of use, user-friendliness, consistent designs, easy navigation, and accessibility.</p>
<h2 id="heading-types">Types</h2>
<ol>
<li><p>Remote or In-person</p>
</li>
<li><p>Moderated or Unmoderated</p>
</li>
<li><p>Explorative or Comparative research</p>
</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="heading-process-of-website-usability-testing">Process of Website Usability Testing</h2>
<ol>
<li><p>Create a prototype</p>
</li>
<li><p>Test planning</p>
</li>
<li><p>Recruiting people</p>
</li>
<li><p>Test execution</p>
</li>
<li><p>Analysis and documentation of the test result</p>
</li>
<li><p>Reporting</p>
</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="heading-usability-testing-scenarios">Usability Testing Scenarios</h2>
<ol>
<li><p><strong>Accessibility</strong> (font size, load time, alt tags, sitemaps, error handling)</p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Content</strong> (consistent colors, clear headings, meaningful URLs, self-explanatory page titles, concise content, contact information)</p>
</li>
<li><p><strong>Navigation</strong> (easy navigation, easy site search, consistent hyperlinks, providing anchor text)</p>
</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="heading-tools">Tools</h2>
<ol>
<li><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.crazyegg.com/">Crazyegg</a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a target="_blank" href="https://usabilityhub.com/">Usability hub</a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.userlytics.com/">Userlytics</a></p>
</li>
</ol>
<h2 id="heading-why">Why</h2>
<ol>
<li><p>To identify defects</p>
</li>
<li><p>To improve retention rates</p>
</li>
<li><p>To reduce costs</p>
</li>
<li><p>To understand user behavior</p>
</li>
</ol>
<h3 id="heading-references">References</h3>
<ul>
<li><p>6 Steps of the Usability Testing Process</p>
<p>  <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeeB8jEd_KQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeeB8jEd_KQ</a></p>
</li>
</ul>


Usability testing is used to determine whether an application or website has the following attributes: ease of use, user-friendliness, consistent designs, easy navigation, and accessibility.

## Types

1. Remote or In-person
    
2. Moderated or Unmoderated
    
3. Explorative or Comparative research
    

## Process of Website Usability Testing

1. Create a prototype
    
2. Test planning
    
3. Recruiting people
    
4. Test execution
    
5. Analysis and documentation of the test result
    
6. Reporting
    

## Usability Testing Scenarios

1. **Accessibility** (font size, load time, alt tags, sitemaps, error handling)
    
2. **Content** (consistent colors, clear headings, meaningful URLs, self-explanatory page titles, concise content, contact information)
    
3. **Navigation** (easy navigation, easy site search, consistent hyperlinks, providing anchor text)
    

## Tools

1. [Crazyegg](https://www.crazyegg.com/)
    
2. [Usability hub](https://usabilityhub.com/)
    
3. [Userlytics](https://www.userlytics.com/)
    

## Why

1. To identify defects
    
2. To improve retention rates
    
3. To reduce costs
    
4. To understand user behavior
    

### References

* 6 Steps of the Usability Testing Process
    
    [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeeB8jEd\_KQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeeB8jEd_KQ)

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Day 39: Usability Testing

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Table of contents

Types

Process of Website Usability Testing

Usability Testing Scenarios

Tools

Why

References