bloody mailing list :) On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:02 AM, Tim Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > If you have time and budget, I'd reccommend doing a comparitive test. > Design both and get users to use both. > > It's your choice to get each user to use both (within user test) or have > seperate users (between users test). Each has different advantages/problems: > > 1. between users tests means that different users use different interfaces > so you'll need at least twice as many users and need to control more > rigorously for user differences. > > 2. within users tests means that you'll need to control for learning > effects - users will tend to perform the second task faster! You can control > for this by using different tasks or randomising the order of the > interfaces. > > Hope that helps! > > Tim > > > On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 12:18 AM, Maritn Petrov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Thank you everybody for your suggestions. We will make use of them in >> our discussions with our colleagues. >> >> Meanwhile, we are thinking of what kind of usability test might point >> the problems of using drop-downs for >> >> navigation. >> >> We guess we shouldn't concentrate much on statistics, such as number >> of clicks and time taken to complete a task. >> >> We can predict most users will have similar success rates, navigating >> with or without drop-downs, since all >> >> necessary links will be provided in the content area. >> >> Would you suggest how to approach a usability test trying to >> highlight problems with drop-downs? >> >> Martin >> >> >> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . >> Posted from the new ixda.org >> http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=32933 >> >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > > > -- > Kei te kōrero tiki au. Kei te kōrero tiki koe. Ka kōrero tiki tāua. Kōrero > ai tiki tāua. > -- Kei te kōrero tiki au. Kei te kōrero tiki koe. Ka kōrero tiki tāua. Kōrero ai tiki tāua. ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
