Comments on: Know your research! http://idlemode.com/2009/06/15/know-your-research/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:15:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Etymotic Research HF2 Earphones / Headset (iPhone Compatible) – Black | Cell Phone Devil http://idlemode.com/2009/06/15/know-your-research/#comment-67098 Etymotic Research HF2 Earphones / Headset (iPhone Compatible) – Black | Cell Phone Devil Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:04:59 +0000 http://idlemode.com/?p=272#comment-67098 [...] Know your research!When it comes to user research it’s important for everyone involved in the design process to have an understanding about the insights we can gain with a particular research approach. As interaction designers we look to user experience (UX) research to discover usability problems or barriers to the experiences we create. As stakeholders get involved [...] [...] Know your research!When it comes to user research it’s important for everyone involved in the design process to have an understanding about the insights we can gain with a particular research approach. As interaction designers we look to user experience (UX) research to discover usability problems or barriers to the experiences we create. As stakeholders get involved [...]

]]> By: PanuK http://idlemode.com/2009/06/15/know-your-research/#comment-67084 PanuK Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:03:15 +0000 http://idlemode.com/?p=272#comment-67084 That's well put! I've seen this too often. Surprisingly, also experienced usability professionals fall into this. Reports of usability tests have often quotes - they look convincing, don't they - about user preferences, "I really like this. -- User A" or similar. That should NOT be in a usability test report among the slightly-more-objective usability test data. What is worrying also is that recent graduates from the local university couldn't identify this problem. So we'll be seeing the same. That’s well put! I’ve seen this too often. Surprisingly, also experienced usability professionals fall into this. Reports of usability tests have often quotes - they look convincing, don’t they - about user preferences, “I really like this. — User A” or similar. That should NOT be in a usability test report among the slightly-more-objective usability test data.

What is worrying also is that recent graduates from the local university couldn’t identify this problem. So we’ll be seeing the same.

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