Jerry Cao is a content strategist at UXPin — a wireframing and prototyping app with built-in usability testing — where he develops in-app and online content for the wireframing and prototyping ...

My company’s vice president of engineering, John Maddalozzo, attended the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) festival here in Austin a few weeks ago to learn all the cool things happening right ...

Ask an application or full-stack developer about the types of testing they perform on their applications, and they are likely to report on unit testing, API testing, and hopefully SAST (static ...

newsmaker Good usability transcends age, geography and culture, says usability expert Jakob Nielsen. It doesn't matter if a Web site targets an Internet surfer who is 20 and not 50 years old, or is ...

According to statistics gathered by the Website Standards Association, visitors will remain on a Web page for about 10 seconds before deciding to leave or stay. For small business websites, creating ...

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.

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 ...

Let's suppose that the "usability" mantra you've heard over the past few years has finally convinced you that conducting user research with your target audience is an essential aspect of your ...

When America Online Inc. wanted to know how ordinary people liked its search engine, it turned to Richard Horst's company, which sent workers to shopping malls to gather opinions. And when NASA wanted ...