10 top self-test usability tips
Written 07.07.05 by: Tom Smith
One part of my daily work is to evaluate web sites for both usability and design. Over the last few years the usability of most web sites has improved, which is very good news.
It's rare nowadays that I see the "usual suspects" of poor design, such as useless Flash splash screens or blue links on blue backgrounds. It seems to have taken a long time but in terms of usability and design, we can say that things are generally improving.
Many of the usability issues I discover nowadays can be very subtle indeed, difficult to describe even, let alone write guidelines for, but I've collected together a self-test list of 10 of the most common usability issues I find so that you can see how your site measures up.
Download a PDF of the usability self test