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Interview-Based Tasks for Usability Testing Oct 01, 2007

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In usability tests where we incorporate interview-based tasks, the participants interests are discovered, not assigned. Unlike traditional task design methods, the test facilitator and participant negotiate the tasks during the tests, instead of proceeding down a list of predefined tasks. There are many situations where this is the appropriate way to test a product.

Communicating Concepts with Comics: An Interview with Kevin Cheng Sep 26, 2007

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In this interview, Kevin Cheng and Jared Spool discuss the use of comics to express user experience ideas early in the brainstorming stage of a project. Comics show the team how a user will experience the design.

The Truth About Page Download Time Sep 24, 2007

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This week, Christine Perfetti asks Jared Spool about User Interface Engineering’s groundbreaking study on download time. In this study, we found the actual download time of a page didn’t impact a site’s usability.

Inherent Value Tests Sep 17, 2007

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This week, Christine Perfetti asks Jared Spool about one of UIE's most valuable usability testing techniques, Inherent Value Tests. Inherent Value Testing gives the team important information about how well a web site communicates the inherent value the designers are putting into the site.

5-Second Usability Tests Sep 10, 2007

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This week, Christine and Jared discuss the genesis and value of five-second usability tests.

Department and Store Pages Aug 27, 2007

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In last week's podcast, we talked about Gallery Pages, which are pages with links to the site’s content pages. This week, Christine asked me about two other types of pages: Department pages and Store pages. These pages become crucial when an information-rich site has thousands (and sometimes millions) of pages.

Shenzhen Typhoon Aug 20, 2007

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This week the crew discusses a controversial blog posting, the role of usability research in product development, and experience design vision work and its application in the consumer and enterprise space.

An Interview with Cooper’s Kim Goodwin Aug 14, 2007

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In today's SpoolCast, Christine Perfetti, UIE's Managing Director, sits down with Kim Goodwin, the General Manager and Vice President of Design at Cooper. The folks at Cooper are widely regarded for their design methods, including Goal-Directed Design and Personas.

Gallery Pages Aug 13, 2007

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In this week’s episode, Christine Perfetti asks Jared Spool about UIE’s research on Gallery Pages. Gallery Pages, the list of links to content, are a web site’s hardest working page. They are the final page that determine whether users will successfully find their content.

Home Page Design Aug 06, 2007

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In this Usability Tools podcast, Christine Perfetti asks Jared Spool about UIE's latest thinking on home page design.

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