You are pushing for bit of too much of name-misuse. A/B tests are something what the entire point is that you run them on the real world, and gather how real us

You are pushing for bit of too much of name-misuse. A/B tests are something what the entire point is that you run them on the real world, and gather how real users react. Design-time user testing has been a thing for much longer than A/B tests. They are a different thing. I mean, your point stands. But you can't do A/B tests on anything that is not production, those your are recommending are a different kind of tests.