[Sigia-l] Usability testing into the dustbin?

[Frank Siraguso]

"In contrast, having usability tested-in is a sloppy way of achieving usability."

Hm. And here I thought that testing tests the usability so that we'll know how to design the usability to design in. 

Frank


-----Original Message-----
From: Boniface Lau [mailto:boniface_lau at compuserve.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 7:20 PM
To: sigia-l at mail.asis.org
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] Usability testing into the dustbin?



> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Jon Hanna
>  
[...]
> Having more usability designed-in is the natural result of testing,
> not its antithesis.

That is missing the point.

The point is about having usability designed-in, not tested-in.
Usability by design requires a disciplined process. In contrast,
having usability tested-in is a sloppy way of achieving usability.


Boniface
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