The usability error you don't know you're making
Failing to speak the user's language is an easy trap to fall into because you may not know the user's vocabulary and because technical terms often become second nature to the design team. As with much of user centred design, the secret lies in getting closer to your users so you can empathise with them.
The A-Z of Usability
Rather than create yet another definition of usability, we decided to take a different approach and work through the alphabet, picking one word for each letter to capture the flavour of the field. So we proudly present the A-Z of usability or usability in 26 words.
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- benefits •
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- case study •
- css •
- discount usability •
- ecommerce •
- ethnography •
- expert review •
- fitts law •
- focus groups •
- forms •
- guidelines •
- heuristic evaluation •
- ia •
- iso 9241 •
- iterative design •
- layout •
- legal •
- metrics •
- mobile •
- moderating •
- morae •
- navigation •
- personas •
- prototyping •
- questionnaires •
- quotations •
- roi •
- selling usability •
- standards •
- strategy •
- style guide •
- survey design •
- task scenarios •
- templates •
- tools •
- usability testing •
- user manual
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