Fw: Experience with usability testing in WGs?

fyi. I read it over. It seems like a pretty straightforward usability test 
of a web site. It was conducted by the W3C WAI and the American Institutes 
for Research (AIR). AIR seems to have experience in doing usability 
testing. 

----- Forwarded by Mary Ellen Zurko/Westford/IBM on 03/05/2007 10:54 AM 
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Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> 
02/22/2007 08:14 PM

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Re: Fw: Experience with usability testing in WGs?






Hi, Mary Ellen,

A report of the first usability test, including test protocol and such, is 
at:
   http://www.air.org/concord/wai/index.html

However, that test had different goals than I think you have.


~Shawn

Mary Ellen Zurko wrote:
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> Hi Shawn,
> 
> Can you point me to what you did and how you did it? And offer any 
advice?
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>           Mez
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> Mary Ellen Zurko, STSM, IBM Lotus CTO Office       (t/l 333-6389)
> Lotus/WPLC Security Strategy and Patent Innovation Architect
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> ----- Forwarded by Mary Ellen Zurko/Westford/IBM on 02/15/2007 05:37 PM 
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> *Bert Bos <bert@w3.org>*
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> 02/15/2007 05:33 PM
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> Mary Ellen Zurko wrote:
>  > One of the issues WSC is dealing with is how to plan for the 
usability
>  > aspect of our recommendations. I touch on that in the Implemenation 
and
>  > Testing section of our draft Note:
>  > http://www.w3.org/2006/WSC/drafts/note/#usability-testing
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>  > Do any of the WGs have experience with doing usability testing as 
> part of
>  > WG activities?
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> W3C's WAI activity has done formal usability testing of Web pages. I
> think Shawn Henry <shawn@w3.org> is the best person to ask for advice.
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> Bert
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