Usability
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Usability is a term used to denote the ease with which people can employ a particular tool or other human-made object in order to achieve a particular goal. Usability can also refer to the methods of measuring usability and the study of the principles behind an object’s perceived efficiency or elegance.

Usability.gov
Step by step usability guideline
Plan
* Think About the Process
* Develop a Plan
* Assemble a Project Team
* And more…

Analyze
* Learn About Your Users
* Conduct Task Analysis
* Develop Personas
* And more…

Design
* Determine Site Requirements
* Write for the Web
* Use Parallel Design
* And more…

Test & Refine
* Conduct Usability Testing
* Analyze Results
* Prepare Test Report
* And more…

Eye-Tracking
Journalists assume a lot about how people read news in print and online. Eyetracking research can test some of those assumptions by tracking readers’ eye movements, comparing reading behavior and analyzing the implications.

Everyday usability
By looking at how we interact with the world in our everyday life, we can learn some of the techniques we use and begin to understand why they work so well. We can then employ the same methods in web design to create a similarly easy experience.

Effective site navigation
Finding your way through the maze
Imagine you’re visiting a friend in the hospital. Most regional health facilities these days are enormous, made up of many separate buildings joined by hallways and tunnels. Some elevators go to patient floors, others only go to offices, while others lead to staff areas. It’s very complex, and yet people must be able to find their way around intuitively and quickly. How do the institutions solve this problem?

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