[Sigia-l] Website Usability testing

[Eric Reiss]

Jiangping Chen wrote:
Can anyone point me to papers or case studies regarding Website 
>usability testing? We are building a Web database and would like to 
>conduct a usability testing before putting it  into use. 

Hi!

You might start by visiting the Usability Professionals' Association
at:
http://www.upassoc.org

They have a fair amount of good on-line material.

Here's a "war story" by David Dick about how he and his team got
started:
http://www.stcsig.org/usability/newsletter/9810-getting-started.html

Jakob Nielsen is perhaps the most vocal usability expert around. His
site can be found at:
http://www.useit.com/

Jared Spool is another key figure in the usability industry. Check
out his work at:
http://www.uie.com/

You'll find a lot of useful links and book lists on my own site at:
http://www.e-reiss.com/Community.aspx

Perhaps the best introduction to usability can be found in Steve
Krug's book, Don't Make Me Think.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0789723107/103-7314991-2721412

Hope this gives you some direction.

All my best,
Eric

-----------------------
eric reiss
principal
e-reiss aps
copenhagen, denmark
http://www.e-reiss.com
office: (+45) 39 29 67 77
mobile: (+45) 20 12 88 44

e-reiss is an official sponsor of the
Usability Professionals' Association
http://www.upassoc.org

-----------------------
The information transmitted is intended only for the person or 
entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential 
and/or privileged material. If you received this in error, 
please let us know and delete the material from any computer.