User:Masssly/WIGI/usability study

Outlined below are the Framework of responses to be used for the Usability Study. Whiles we will rely on users (respondents) in different ways to get feedback for those questions, part of the section on Accessibility and the whole of Website speed will be analysed from our end; some user testing apps will be put to used towards that.

User Task Analysis
Whether users are able to accomplish their tasks and goals when they come to the site. The three main objectives of WIGI will be evaluated separately under similar considerations.

Statistical presentation of data

 * 1) Intuitiveness: How obvious and easy is it for you to make meaning from (interpret) the tabulated data? What is difficult?
 * 2) Learnability:
 * 3) How easy is it for you to learn from the as they are presented?
 * 4) Do you need additional help features such as tutorials, in-line tips and hints, tool tips, etc.?
 * 5) Does the data feel useful or actionable?

Presentation of visualizations

 * 1) Intuitiveness: How obvious and easy is it for you to make meaning (interpret) from the charts? What is difficult?
 * 2) Learnability:
 * 3) How easy is it for you to learn from the visualizations as they are presented?
 * 4) How easy is it for you to interact with the visualizations?
 * 5) Are there sufficient help features such as tutorials, in-line tips and hints, tool tips, etc.?
 * 6) Affordance:
 * 7) Are interactive elements (such as buttons, links) related to the accomplishment of a task obviously interactive and within convenient reach?
 * 8) Is it evident what the results of a user action will be when the user decides to interact with it by clicking, mouse hovering, etc.?
 * 9) Preciseness:
 * 10) How accurate (or prone to errors) are the visualizations?
 * 11) If prone to errors
 * 12) What are the errors?
 * 13) What do you think are the reasons for any errors?
 * 14) Any ideas on how we can lower errors?

Production of data sets

 * 1) Intuitiveness:
 * 2) How obvious is it to you that this is just a demo application for the full dataset?
 * 3) Is it clear that the dataset is open for research?
 * 4) Efficiency: Are users performing tasks optimally? Are there ways to streamline and reduce the time it takes to complete the task?
 * 5) Affordance:
 * 6) Are interactive elements (such as buttons, links and input text boxes) related to the accomplishment of a task obviously interactive and within convenient reach?
 * 7) Is it evident what the results of a user action will be when the user decides to interact with it by clicking, mouse hovering, etc.?
 * 8) Learnability:
 * 9) How easy is it for new users to learn to download datasets?
 * 10) Are there sufficient help features such as tutorials, in-line tips and hints, tool tips, etc.?

Readability (content)
To assess how content appears to our users and their ability to read and understand the user interface and perform tasks efficiently and accurately.

Ease of Comprehension

 * 1) Is the content easy to understand and internalize?
 * 2) Are the words being used familiar to you?
 * 3) Do you find the wording too complex and uncommon?
 * 4) Are sentences and paragraphs as concise as possible?

Legibility

 * 1) Are the fonts enough? Are they too big (or too small)?
 * 2) Is there enough contrast between the text and its background?

Reading Enjoyment

 * 1) Do you appreciate (and enjoy) the content?
 * 2) Is the information of high quality and well-written?
 * 3) Do font characteristics such as size, spacing and color make reading longer passages easy or do they strain the eyes?

Site Navigability
To gauge how users can take advantage of navigational styles or interface components to move through multiple webpages as easily as possible. This aspect will give us insights as to how to develop our content hierarchies and relationships as well as any existing organizational systems on the likely occasion that when the site grows bigger in the future we can contain the new data that will be generated.

Information Architecture (IA)

 * 1) How well are webpages categorized and organized?
 * 2) How well are navigational features constructed?

Findability

 * 1) Are there sufficient site (navigational) features that aid in finding relevant webpages? Such features include Search boxes, Archive pages, Links, Sidebar widgets that display recent or top content, etc.
 * 2) Which of the navigational features (mentioned) above will make it easier for you to browse the site?

Efficiency of Navigation

 * 1) How fast and in how many actions (number of clicks, how much text, etc.) does it take to get to page of interest?

Accessibility
Taking into consideration the rapid adoption of non-desktop devices and a wide array of web browsers, we are looking at designing WIGI to have a universal appeal so that everyone under their individual varied circumstances can have access to our data sets and visualizations and enjoy experience.

Cross-Browser/Cross-Platform Compatibility

 * 1) What Web browser do you view WIGI with?
 * 2) Does it work for you, generally?
 * 3) Is the site responsive?
 * 4) Is the layout appealing to you?

Color Choice

 * 1) Are the colors used high contrast?
 * 2) Do any colors create a hindrance for you? (those with colorblindness or poor vision)

Semantic HTML Markup and Accessibility Features

 * 1) Are HTML tags being used correctly? (to affect the quality and accuracy of the webpage's structure).
 * 2) How well have we incorporated HTML features and techniques that aid users with visual impairments?

Website Speed
To look at the time it takes for WIGI to render for the visitor and about how fast they're able to get the information they need. The better the spead, the more efficient a user will be when completing their desired tasks.

Webpage Response Time

 * 1) How fast (in milliseconds) does it take to load the entire WIGI webpage?

Webpage Size

 * 1) How big is the webpage, in terms of file size?

Code Quality

 * 1) Does the website use web development best practices for website performance?

User Experience
Because peoples emotions are subjective, this aspect will be a strictly qualitative evaluation of how pleasant it is to use WIGI.

Fulfillment

 * 1) Do you feel satisfied after interacting with the website?

Usefulness

 * 1) Do you feel that you have obtained value from using the website?

Enjoyment

 * 1) Is the experience of being on the website fun and not burdensome?

Positive Emotions

 * 1) Do users feel happy, excited, pleased, etc. when you interact with the site?