- From: Marc David Johnson <mjohnson@marcdavidjohnson.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 08:29:16 -0400
- To: "Kynn Bartlett" <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>, "Charles F. Munat" <chas@munat.com>, "WAI Guidelines WG" <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>, "Anne Pemberton" <apembert@erols.com>
One of the ways I test my own site designs for usability is to have a friend (and fellow insomniac) stay up for a couple days and then try to navigate my site trying to find specific information. In his sleep-deprived state, it makes clear language and navigation a necessity for him to find information buried somewhere in the site (and allows me to see where he might 'stumble' in trying to find something). This is by no means a universal test and can not approximate a user with cognitive disabilities, but I have found it does help give a general feeling for how well a site can be navigated by someone unfamiliar with the design and perhaps not functioning at peak capacity (due to lack of sleep). Just my 2 cents on yet another little 'tool' to help developers test for usability and understandability. Marc David Johnson mjohnson@marcdavidjohnson.com http://www.MarcDavidJohnson.com A little bit of everything ... and a whole lot of nothing.
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