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Tools for doing functional, soulful user experience, interaction, and usability research. If it’s related to behavior, it’s on here. We’ve assembled this over the years from our own use, UX Booth, Liz Bacon’s list, Craig Tomlin’s list, and magic. None of these companies have paid us for this placement. Yell @ethnio or comment to get […]

Publikationen des kölner Marktforschungsunternehmens phaydon

* vier Einzelkabinen, jeweils mit Audio- und Videoaufzeichnungsgeräten * Kontrollraum mit vier Hochleistungsrechnern * Aufnahme der Benutzer-Interaktionen mit komfortabler Bild-in-Bild-Technik (Proband und Bildschirm des Probanden) * spezielle Auswertungssoftware für eine detaillierte Usability-Analyse

vgl. PDF Download zur LABORAUSSTATTUNG Im Labor kommen zur Messung der Blickbewegungen im Rahmen von Usability-Studien zwei moderne Eye-Tracking- Systeme zum Einsatz: ein Eye-Tracking-Modul für alle Arten von Bildschirm-Anwendungen sowie eine Eye-Tracking-Brille für den mobilen Einsatz. Die Blickmessungen werden über Softwareprodukte der Firma Mangold ausgewertet und visualisiert, um eine anschließende Interpration zu ermöglichen.

The Usability Lab provides an environment for the evaluation of our interaction designs and visualization techniques. It is equipped with high-end testing equipment including a Seeingmachines faceLAB eyetracking system and the Noldus Observer software.

"The retrospective think-aloud method, in which participants work in silence and verbalize their thoughts afterwards while watching a recording of their performance, is often used for the evaluation of websites. However, participants may not always be able to recall what they thought, when they only see few visual cues that help them remembering their task execution process. In our study we complemented the recording of the performance with a gaze trail of the participant" eye movements, in order to elicit more verbalizations. A comparison was made between the traditional retrospective think-aloud protocols and the variant with eye movements. Contrary to our expectations, no differences were found between the two conditions on numbers of problems, the ways these problems were detected, and types of problems. Two possible explanations for this result are that eye movements might be rather confronting and distracting for participants, and the rather generic way of probing we used. The added value might be stronger when specific questions are asked, based on the observed eye movements. Implications for usability practitioners are discussed in the conclusions of this paper."

"Seit 2009 verfügt die Eyetracking-Lösung NYAN XT über eine eingebaute Morae-Integration: Auf Knopfdruck zeichnet Morae 3 Eyetracking-Daten aus NYAN XT auf und speichert diese automatisch in der Morae-RDG-Datei."

These reports are based on 2 rounds of usability studies with real users, reporting how they actually used a broad variety of iPad apps as well as websites accessed on the iPad.

Normally, it wouldn't be worth doing a new study this soon: usability guidelines change very slowly because they derive from human behavior, not technology. However, in this case, it's reasonable to conduct new research now, a year after the iPad launch.

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies Volume 67, Issue 6, June 2009, Pages 533-549