It is extremely important to design a robust user interface to make your website or application successful. To achieve this goal you should be considering some usability testing tools while designing the interface. That will help you designing reliable navigation and page flows. The tools I am sharing with you guys are paid mostly but you can use a trial version to make sure you buy the right product. I cant really comment which tool is best of all so take your time and explore all your options.
This software provides you a real time experience interrupting live visitors to your site and asking them questions and getting feedback about the user itnerface.
This tool is very similar to skype. You can discuss the issues between users, share screens by creating small and large groups.
FiveSecondTest
So, this service allows to receive analytic data concerning your website mockup or screenshot. Testers have five seconds to view your image and must then answer the questions you have set.
IntuitionHQ
This tool is ideally suitable for group testing. Tasks can be created, screenshots can be added and heatmaps can be used to test user interaction.
Feedback Army
Feedback Army has got a huge team who can provide you feedback and answers to your queries.
WhatUsersDo
This is just another great usability testing service for your website. It provides full testing with the ability to watch the video record of the process with tester’s comments.
Userlitycs
Userlytics schedules, recruits and executes in-home panels for anything from pre-market banner and creative testing to application and website usability-testing. Userlytics is truly unique as it records participants using their own webcams (facial expressions and spoken thoughts), and their actions on their desktop (what they do), as they work through the creative being tested.
Loop 11
Loop11 is a remote usability testing tool that enables you to test the user-experience of any website and identify navigational and usability issues. Get the hard facts about your website quickly and cost effectively!
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Another great User Testing service is http://www.usertesting.com
I have used FiveSecondTest before but I have found that you can’t really rely on those testers, some are there to get ideas for their own projects and you won’t get honest answers, but of course not all acts the same and sometimes they are really helpful
For me the best thing that have worked is to send samples to my family and closest friends that knows be and they know that I need to hear something bad about design and usability so they judge it from user perspective.
But not everyone are honest and usually says that usability is great even if it sucks badly.
Thank you for your comments guys. I will publish another post soon covering the pros and cons of usability testing methods.
And yet another one to mention: http://www.usabiliTEST.com
Worth checking. http://www.seemyvisits.com which records and plays back mouse movements. Gives you more than stats alone…
Where did u actually pick up the recommendations to compose ““7 Very Useful
Usability Testing Tools | Creative Bumps”? Thanks for your effort ,Marko
Its pretty simple. Experience is the key. The tools I shared were hot in the market. I will soon share more tools as there is no particular standards. It all depends on the environment you are working in. For example Goto Meeting is usually used when we were talking to our ceo and other higher management. You need to find out which tools suits your environment. Hope this helps.