Usability Testing with Visually Impaired Users

According to Jacob Neilson “Usability is a quality attribute that assesses how easy user interfaces are to use. The word “usability” also refers to methods for improving ease-of-use during the design process. “. But what about when you are testing a visually impaired user? How do you accommodate them? What are the challenges that you encounter when conducting testing with people with disabilities; how do you over come them?

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Playing Telephone: Ethically Presenting Qualitative Data in Usability Research

In 2001, Jakob Nielsen said the first rule of usability is not to listen to users. He wrote this in the context of user preferences and desires—users aren’t always the best judges of what a design should be—but there is a lot of value in analyzing user feedback in the context of usability testing. Observing

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A Conversation with Lindsey Sprague, UX Librarian at UNC-Charlotte

To broaden my perspective in my field of interest, I spoke with Lindsey Sprague, UX Librarian at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, this past weekend about her job, how she got there, and some ethical considerations she takes in her research and practice. Prior to graduate school, Lindsey worked with clients to improve their services

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