1. Testing
Navigation Usability
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2. People won’t use our
site if they can’t find
their way around it.
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5. Browsing
Searching
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7. 1. You’re usually trying
to find something.
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8. 2. You decide whether
to ask or browse first.
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9. 3. If you browse, you
use signs to guide you.
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12. Fiction & Literature
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13. Best Sellers
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14. Collins, Suzanne
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16. 4. If you can’t find what
you want, you’ll leave.
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17. Solution:
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19. Navigation does 4 things:
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20. • Helps us find what we’re looking for
• Tells us where we are
• Tells us what’s here
• It gives us confidence in the people who
built it.
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21. Simplified Elements:
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22. Persistent Navigation
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23. Site ID
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24. Local Navigation
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26. Provide navigation for
multiple browsing behaviors
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27. Let’s take a look.
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28. Now, let’s figure out
how to test for this.
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29. 1. Choose your methods.
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30. • Silent observation
• Talk-aloud protocols
• Entrance-exit interviews
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31. Develop a protocol
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32. • Browsing prompts
• Behavior coding
• Interval times
• Coding sheet formats
• Final info presentation formats
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33. Develop browsing prompts
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