The Usability Blog

The Usability Blog was created to highlight the best and the worse of usability from around the web and beyond.  The key aim of this blog is to improve usability, we do this through two techniques: -

• Firstly we highlight poor usability and point out where things have gone wrong
• Secondly we provide examples and tips on good usability

This is a typical “carrot and stick” approach.  If you want to be featured on this blog you can do it by either having excellent or terrible usability.

At this point it’s worth pointing out that I take a holistic approach to usability, and to accurately judge the success of a service, at least from a usability point of view, you have to step beyond the normal boundaries of user testing.  There are many aspects that come together to form the “user experience”, and I don’t believe limiting the scope of assessment is the way to go.

About the Author

The primary author of this blog, Simon, is currently working as Business Analyst in the South West of England.  He has a passion for usability in web apps and believes user experience should be the key metric in measuring the success of any product.  This blog is a culmination of over a decade as a web user, a university degree and five years experience of working with web application development with the UK government.  Always with a keen focus on usability and user experience.

You can read more from the author at the Oak Innovations Blog.