Comments on: Would you be interested in collaborating on web usability testing?

By: Eleanor Holmes

Eleanor Holmes — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:30:05 +0000

Andy’s got a good point actually on the subject of remote testing - we do this for International Testing. It’s not a bad idea if you can’t find a space - but watching someone use your designs is obviously better.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:31:07 +0000

Andy, this wouldn’t be a substitute for more extensive testing, just one way that we can help each other and get a bit of feedback at the same time. If it means the difference between people testing a little and not at all then I think it’s worth doing. Even testing informally on a group of four friends or colleagues produces a surprising amount of useful feedback.

By: Andy Mabbett

Andy Mabbett — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:02:11 +0000

I’d certainly be interested in looking at that; but also concerned that if we test stuff on each other, we’re only testing advanced tech users, not regular customers.

Coincidentally, someone recently suggested almost the same thing, but on-line, and for accessibility testing, on the WebAIM mailing list:

http://webaim.org/discussion/mail_message?id=15829

By: Eleanor Holmes

Eleanor Holmes — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:51:56 +0000

I think this is a great idea! We understand not everyone has the budget to pay for our services here at Bunnyfoot, but testing on each other is a nice start.

Our London office always seems to be fully booked during the day, but we also have offices in Oxford, Reading, Sheffield and Edinburgh. It’s always worth an ask about borrowing one of those for your collaberative mission.

And World Usability Day is coming up…we often feel generous around mid-November.

Get in touch with me, let me know how you’re going. I would be interested to follow your success.

By: Lee Duddell

Lee Duddell — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:11:50 +0000

I can let you have a couple of free tests using our service if that would help?

Lee