Mobile Usability Testing

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User and usability testing of mobile applications requires an understanding of when to use devices, emulators, laboratories and field testing. This session targets user-experience professionals, teaching them how to expand and adjust their current testing procedures to address mobile applications and websites. UX practitioners will also discover how and when to use each tool, with a specific focus on market-acceptance testing and ways in which it can be radically improved using SMS. In this session, you will: * Discover ways in which current usability testing strategies can be modified to tackle the mobile sphere. * Learn about the specific applications, advantages and limitations of various testing tools, including emulators, laboratories, field testing and key devices. * Gain a working familiarity with market-acceptance testing, with a specific focus on how SMS can be used to improve its effectiveness. About Barbara Ballard Barbara is the President and founder of Little Springs Design, a user experience consulting firm that specializes in serving the mobile industry. She has been working on mobile services, devices, websites and applications since 1998, helping Sprint launch such sites as MapQuest, Yahoo! and AOL. Barbara contends that mobile user experience goes beyond simply designing for the small screen, and she regularly talks at Mobile Monday events to help industry developers and marketers improve their usability. She is also the author of Designing the Mobile User Experience, which was written specifically to help user-experience professionals make the transition to mobile.

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