ignore the code: Nobody Reads your Dialog Boxes

October 31, 2008

Nobody Reads your Dialog Boxes

«My paper’s due tomorrow, but my PC won’t print, what do I do now?»

«What do you mean, it won’t print? What happened?»

«Well, I clicked on print, but nothing came out the printer.»

«Did you get an error message?»

«Yeah, I got an error message.»

«Well, what did it say?»

«How should I know?»

If you’re reading this, you’ve probably had this conversation multiple times.

via ignore the code: Nobody Reads your Dialog Boxes.

10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines « Smashing Magazine

Effective User Testing Doesn’t Have To Be Extensive

Jakob Nielsen’s study on the ideal number of test subjects in usability tests found that tests with just five users would reveal about 85% of all problems with your website, whereas 15 users would find pretty much all problems.

Source: Jakob Nielsen’s AlertBox

via 10 Useful Usability Findings and Guidelines « Smashing Magazine.