[IxDA Discuss] Usability is more than...

[Todd Zaki Warfel]

On Mar 6, 2008, at 12:25 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote:

> That is, usability is as much if not more about research as it is  
> about evaluation, which most
> translate as "testing" unfortunately.


Excellent point Andrei. Our company puts usability under the research  
umbrella. We do call it out in our service offerings, because  
companies search for that term specifically. However, I've always been  
of the school of thought that usability analysis/testing is a research  
method. You'll find this in the way we run our studies as well—they're  
as much about exploratory research as they are about seeing if the  
participant can complete a task/goal.

Cheers!

Todd Zaki Warfel
President, Design Researcher
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