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You are confusing aesthetics with usability. Useful tests are not designed to find out how people feel about a design, but whether those people can complete tas
by ProxCoques 8y ago
You are confusing aesthetics with usability. Useful tests are not designed to find out how people feel about a design, but whether those people can complete task(s) they need to do with the design. The latter is usually apparent within an hour, and most of the problems surface once you have tested about 5-6 people.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoI'm not confusing anything. Whether people can complete tasks they need to perform is a major influence on how they feel about a design. And where they prefer an approach that makes the task harder rather than easier, that is still valuable information, and the appropriate response can easily be to give them the approach they prefer. But I'm going to disagree that an hour is enough to reveal any advantages and disadvantages that may be present.
- WalterSear 8y agoYou are confusing the first time experience with usability. And unless the software is quite simplistic, 5-6 people is just enough to falsely validate the preconceptions of the UX designer.