[IxDA Discuss] U-testing paper prototype Forms

[Jim Drew]

>From: Damon van Vessem <damon at vanvessem.net>
>
>I'm going to run some usability tests on HTML forms. I'm considering  
>using paper prototypes and have people fill in the fields with a pen,  
>selecting items from dropdown lists laid down by the facilitator, etc.

The first question that comes to my mind is what you seek to gain by doing it on paper?  Won't it take just about as long to create the paper versions as to mock up actual HTML foms?  I guess you get a certain amount of distancing from the idea that it's the real thing and thus avoid compliants about the UI, the behaviors, the responsiveness, and such.

-- Jim Drew
   Seattle, WA