Usability
noun
Ease of use and learnability of a human-made object or system.
The usability of the new software is amazing, even a beginner can understand it easily.
Often appears as...
- usability testing
- usability standards
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The degree to which something can be used.
The usability of this scientific concept in different research domains is vast.
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Ease of use and learnability of a human-made object or system.
The usability of the new software is amazing, even a beginner can understand it easily.
Often appears as...
- usability testing
- usability standards
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The degree to which something can be used.
The usability of this scientific concept in different research domains is vast.
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3User Experience
Focuses on how a user interacts with something, like software or a website, emphasizing simplicity and satisfaction.
The website's usability makes shopping a pleasant experience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Aesthetic
Related to function not looks. A tool can be ugly but have high usability if it's easy to use.
Despite its plain design, the app's usability won awards.
Pro Tip 3/3Testing Importance
Before launch, products undergo usability testing to ensure people can use them without problems.
We've scheduled several rounds of usability testing for the new software.
Pro Tip 1/3User Experience
Focuses on how a user interacts with something, like software or a website, emphasizing simplicity and satisfaction.
The website's usability makes shopping a pleasant experience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Aesthetic
Related to function not looks. A tool can be ugly but have high usability if it's easy to use.
Despite its plain design, the app's usability won awards.
Pro Tip 3/3Testing Importance
Before launch, products undergo usability testing to ensure people can use them without problems.
We've scheduled several rounds of usability testing for the new software.
Pro Tip 1/3User Experience
Focuses on how a user interacts with something, like software or a website, emphasizing simplicity and satisfaction.
The website's usability makes shopping a pleasant experience.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Aesthetic
Related to function not looks. A tool can be ugly but have high usability if it's easy to use.
Despite its plain design, the app's usability won awards.
Pro Tip 3/3Testing Importance
Before launch, products undergo usability testing to ensure people can use them without problems.
We've scheduled several rounds of usability testing for the new software.
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Video examples
How to create a great...
about winning gopros about heroism apple is about simplicity and usability and google comes from the math term that's a one with a hundred zeros after it so that really big number helps support the company's really big original vision to organize the world's information so as you think about your new brand
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The three ways that good...
it has been rehearsed and thought about a lot. Most of what we do is subconscious. Automatic behavior -- skilled behavior -- is subconscious, controlled by the behavioral side. And behavioral design is all about feeling in control, which includes usability, understanding -- but also the feel and heft.
Video examples
How to create a great...
about winning gopros about heroism apple is about simplicity and usability and google comes from the math term that's a one with a hundred zeros after it so that really big number helps support the company's really big original vision to organize the world's information so as you think about your new brand
Video examples
The three ways that good...
it has been rehearsed and thought about a lot. Most of what we do is subconscious. Automatic behavior -- skilled behavior -- is subconscious, controlled by the behavioral side. And behavioral design is all about feeling in control, which includes usability, understanding -- but also the feel and heft.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.
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Jan Chipchase
Businessman
I specialise in taking teams of designers, psychologists, usability experts, sociologists and ethnographers into the field. It's called 'corporate anthropology,' but personally I'm more comfortable with 'design research,' because I'm not an anthropologist by training.
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Jeffrey Zeldman
American Businessman
The less concerned with aesthetics and usability these friends and family members are, the more easily they navigate sites and applications I can't make head nor hair of. Like the ex-girlfriend who mastered Ebay.
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Steve Krug
American Businessman
When you go to a site, you usually run into usability problems pretty quickly. They're not hidden. They're not complicated. They're not baffling. They were in the design or crept into the design.
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Steve Krug
American Businessman
I don't think there are as many usability issues as there are tactical or strategic decisions related to whether incorporating social networking into your site is going to help or hurt.
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Henrik Fisker
Danish Designer
A painting doesn't have to have a real usability other than you looking at it. Obviously, a car, an engine, or battery has to fit people's needs.
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Brian Kernighan
Canadian Scientist
It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.
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Ryan Holmes
Canadian Businessman
Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered.
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James Dyson
British Designer
Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.
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Donald Norman
American Scientist
Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.
Quote examples
Bill Gates
American Businessman
One thing I've always loved about the culture at Microsoft is there is nobody who is tougher on us, in terms of what we need to learn and do better, than the people in the company itself. You can walk down these halls, and they'll tell you, 'We need to do usability better, push this or that frontier.
Quote examples
Jan Chipchase
Businessman
I specialise in taking teams of designers, psychologists, usability experts, sociologists and ethnographers into the field. It's called 'corporate anthropology,' but personally I'm more comfortable with 'design research,' because I'm not an anthropologist by training.
Quote examples
Jeffrey Zeldman
American Businessman
The less concerned with aesthetics and usability these friends and family members are, the more easily they navigate sites and applications I can't make head nor hair of. Like the ex-girlfriend who mastered Ebay.
Quote examples
Steve Krug
American Businessman
When you go to a site, you usually run into usability problems pretty quickly. They're not hidden. They're not complicated. They're not baffling. They were in the design or crept into the design.
Quote examples
Steve Krug
American Businessman
I don't think there are as many usability issues as there are tactical or strategic decisions related to whether incorporating social networking into your site is going to help or hurt.
Quote examples
Henrik Fisker
Danish Designer
A painting doesn't have to have a real usability other than you looking at it. Obviously, a car, an engine, or battery has to fit people's needs.
Quote examples
Brian Kernighan
Canadian Scientist
It's important to be informed about issues like usability, reliability, security, privacy, and some of the inherent limitations of computers.
Quote examples
Ryan Holmes
Canadian Businessman
Workflow and usability are not afterthoughts; they impact the core of any project and dictate how it should be engineered.
Quote examples
James Dyson
British Designer
Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.
Quote examples
Donald Norman
American Scientist
Beauty and brains, pleasure and usability - they should go hand in hand.
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