Usability Testing

What is Usability Testing?

● Usability testing is nothing but the User-friendliness check.

● In Usability testing, the application flow is tested so that a new user can understand the application easily.

● Basically, system navigation is checked in Usability testing.

What is the purpose or Goal of Usability testing?

A Usability test establishes the ease of use and effectiveness of a product using a standard Usability test practices.

Usability Test Scenarios:

● Web page content should be correct without any spelling or grammatical errors

● All fonts should be same as per the requirements.

● All the text should be properly aligned.

● All the error messages should be correct without any spelling or grammatical errors and the error message should match with the field label.

● Tool tip text should be there for every field.

● All the fields should be properly aligned.

● Enough space should be provided between field labels, columns, rows, and error messages.

● All the buttons should be in a standard format and size.

● Home link should be there on every single page.

● Disabled fields should be grayed out.

● Check for broken links and images.

● Confirmation message should be displayed for any kind of update and delete operation.

● Check the site on different resolutions (640 x 480, 600x800 etc.?)

● Check the end user can run the system without frustration.

● Check the tab should work properly.

● Scroll bar should appear only if required.

● If there is an error message on submit, the information filled by the user should be there.

● Title should display on each web page

● All fields (Textbox, dropdown, radio button etc) and buttons should be accessible by keyboard shortcuts and the user should be able to perform all operations by using keyboard.

● Check if the dropdown data is not truncated due to the field size and also check whether the data is hardcoded or managed via administrator.