[IxDA Discuss] U-testing paper prototype Forms

[Todd Warfel]

Damon,

We do quite a bit of paper prototype testing. For your scenario below...

What it won't tell you:
* If they use their mouse or tab through fields
* Browser pre-fill

What it will tell you:
* How they fill out the form (what they enter)
* If the fields and instructions (if present) make sense

Some of these you've highlighted below. As far as the act of writing  
skew the results, not really. You'd be surprised how much you can do  
with paper. At the core, paper prototyping is a great method for  
making high-level design decisions. Another way to tackle this is  
from a different angle...

"I want to accomplish this with my testing. Is paper prototying a  
good method for testing this?"

Cheers!

Todd R. Warfel
Partner, Design & Usability Specialist
Messagefirst | designing and usability consulting
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On Jun 7, 2006, at 1:09 PM, Damon van Vessem wrote:

> Does anyone have experience / research findings of how this would
> compare to people filling out the same form online (HTML)? Does the
> act of writing on paper skew the results?
>
> (I realise there are several aspects that could not be tested, such as
> copying contents between fields, browser pre-fills, tab-sequences,  
> etc)
>
> Thanks
> Damon