Oliver, It sounds like you need more experience in usability testing. You'll get a better feel when you do structured tests and free-form tests.
I find that structured tests give both facets, learnability and perception. It's all in the user actions. Observe how they use it given a certain task. Also time them. That will give you a quantifiable data point. And then have them do a similar task a few more times and you'll see their times decrease - hopefully. Then you can graph it. For free-form tests, I generally use this as a "conversation" about the design and their perception. Ask a million questions to get the most insight. As Phil suggests, never be afraid to step out of your boundaries. Your degree is only a foundation from which to build your techniques - it's not a means to an end. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=24497 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ 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
