usability studies at microsoft. my experiences overview the labs intro to feature studied usability...
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Overview
• Conducted studies for one of the features I worked this summer
• New Office12 features
• Performed them myself!
Really Simple Syndication
• Ability to ‘subscribe’ to web content, and get notifications when it was updated
• Initially for blogs
• Popular with news sites
• Might be the next way of surfing the web
Usability study
• Create a prototype• Cog walk• Prototype redesign• Usability study
– Create participant profile– Create scenarios– Create working prototype– Find participants– Conduct study
• Make recommendations/revise prototype
Observations
• 100% - found “RSS Resources” link on the second page in less than 30 seconds
• 87% - did not read the “What is RSS” blurb (paper prototype)
• 100% clicked on the XML icon (for the feed in their task) in less than 20 seconds