Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-02-04 Thread Nate Hill
Thanks everyone for your responses! Lots to play with. N On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Rogers, Nathan roger...@indiana.edu wrote: Depending what your budget there are a number of good web based services out there. This breakdown is pretty good although I only have firsthand experience with

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-02-01 Thread Matthew Mikitka
Although I have not used it, Zurb's Verify looks promising: http://verifyapp.com/ I have been very pleased with Foundation so far. matt Nate Hill nathanielh...@gmail.com 1/31/2013 10:35 AM Hi all, Years ago I had the opportunity to use Morae to do some usability testing.

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-02-01 Thread Matthew L. Zimmerman
, 2013 11:10 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software I've been using Silverback but lately have had problems: crashing during export, exported file corrupted, and also crashing during the preview playback within the app itself. Any one else have these issues

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-02-01 Thread Taylor, Nicholas A.
Hi Nate (et al), on the server side, you might also take a look at the open source ClickHeat [1], which creates a visual heatmap of clicks on an HTML page. ~Nicholas __ Nicholas Taylor Data Specialist Library of Congress Web Archiving http://www.loc.gov/webarchiving/ n...@loc.gov [1]

[CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-01-31 Thread Nate Hill
Hi all, Years ago I had the opportunity to use Morae to do some usability testing. http://www.techsmith.com/morae.html I may have an opportunity to put together a little bit of a usability testing lab at my library, and I wonder if anyone can suggest a similar product but... I'd like it to run on

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-01-31 Thread Julia Bauder
I've used this in the past: http://silverbackapp.com/. It's Mac-only (which was actually a drawback for the project I was working on!), it's cheap, and did what we needed. It doesn't do nearly as much as Morae, though, so it might not have specific features you need? Julia On Thu, Jan 31,

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-01-31 Thread Stephen Francoeur
If all you need is something that will capture the screen as video and add audio from a mic, then CamStudio or SnagIt will work (I've used both). But, I have to admit, I've had those programs crash in the middle of a test. I'm waiting to get my hands on Camtasia to see if it's more stable.

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-01-31 Thread Patrick Berry
This is great for A/B https://www.optimizely.com/ On Thursday, January 31, 2013, Stephen Francoeur wrote: If all you need is something that will capture the screen as video and add audio from a mic, then CamStudio or SnagIt will work (I've used both). But, I have to admit, I've had those

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-01-31 Thread Ian Walls
1. http://www.patrick-wied.at/static/heatmapjs/ -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Shaun Ellis Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 11:57 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software Usability Testing

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-01-31 Thread Wilhelmina Randtke
Yes, Camtasia is much much smoother than CamStudio, and gets good quality videos at reasonable file size. CamStudio had given me horribly large files to get any resolution at all. (Note: Neither of these programs is usability testing software. They are just for screen casts, and screen

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing software

2013-01-31 Thread David Friggens
I may have an opportunity to put together a little bit of a usability testing lab at my library... Have you seen GVSU's approach? http://matthew.reidsrow.com/articles/12 http://matthew.reidsrow.com/articles/13 David

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing in libraries

2010-02-09 Thread peter_ellinger
Of Sarah Kahn Sent: February 3, 2010 4:27 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] usability testing in libraries Hi everyone, Has anyone had any experience with outsourcing the usability testing for big library web projects? My organization just rolled out our first website redesign

[CODE4LIB] usability testing in libraries

2010-02-03 Thread Sarah Kahn
Hi everyone, Has anyone had any experience with outsourcing the usability testing for big library web projects? My organization just rolled out our first website redesign in several years and are looking to potentially bring in a 3rd party for testing. Any insights into anyone's process or

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing in libraries

2010-02-03 Thread Bartek Kawula
We outsourced the usability testing when we built our ebook and journal platforms. The results were invaluable and not only did the company do the tests and take care of the logistics of recruiting the participants, they also provided us with wireframes and lots of documentation, which saved us

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing

2008-06-20 Thread Antonio Barrera
, June 19, 2008 1:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] usability testing Hello All, I was wondering if anyone on this list knew of a usability/eye tracking program that took advantage of the built in camera in many computers. I was specifically thinking of using something like

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing

2008-06-20 Thread Edward Iglesias
-Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Iglesias Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 1:57 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] usability testing Hello All, I was wondering if anyone on this list knew of a usability/eye tracking

Re: [CODE4LIB] usability testing

2008-06-20 Thread Edward Iglesias
Looks like these guys have what I was looking for. There is even someone who made it work with a Mac and eyesight. It does not have the analytics of Morae but it does have a driver. http://www.inference.phy.cam.ac.uk/opengazer/ Edward Iglesias On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Gabriel Sean