Usability Testing

Week 8:

[EDIT 12/9/10]

Usability Testing for CurrentSF
Since I did the usability testing wrong last week, time for redo.

For our website, I asked my brother to do the usability testing. Since he does not go to an art school, maybe he can tell us about our website. He knows how to use a computer. I explained to him what the website is first before testing. The hot spots of the website was the slider, the event posts, and a little of the navigation. Simple layout. First thing he said that draw his attention was the preview slider.
    "The big image and flashing of the news caught my attention first." 

He said he likes the logo and added, "I think it's too small to see it." 

He then continued to the navigation links and knew where to click. Eventually, he scrolled down the page. He likes the posts and number of pages for the events. He also gave me a suggestion.

    "Instead of having the number of pages on the bottom, I think having it on the 
     top, underneath the 'Upcoming Events' might be easier having two ways to click 
     next page. I don't like to keep on scrolling up and down if I'm looking for some
     posts."

That was a good point he told me. He didn't really look at the side column because he doesn't use any social media websites. He thought the side column was mostly advertisements. Overall, this usability testing was helpful.