Usability Toolkit

Aside from the classic usability tests, you can call upon quite a number of usability tools to test your site's usability. Of course, you don't have to use every single one!

Here are twenty four usability tools (in alphabetical order):

8.1. Affinity Diagrams
8.2. Alternative Browsers
8.3. Ask Questions
8.4. Blind Voting
8.5. Card Sorting
8.6. Cognitive Walkthroughs
8.7. Consistency Inspections
8.8. Field Study
8.9. Focus Groups and Interviews
8.10. Heuristic Evaluation
8.11. Industry Standards Inspections
8.12. Journaled Sessions

8.13. Market Research Data
8.14. Opinion Polls
8.15. Performance Measurement
8.16. Pluralistic Walkthroughs
8.17. Proofreader
8.18. Prototyping
8.19. Public Kiosk
8.20. Questionnaires
8.21. Server Log File Analysis
8.22. Surveys
8.23. Thinking Aloud
8.24. Variable Internet Connection Speeds

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