What is Usability Evaluation? — updated 2025 | IxDF Usability evaluation rates user-friendliness and satisfaction during UX research Qualitative and quantitative methods include testing, inquiry and inspection
An Introduction to Usability | IxDF - The Interaction Design Foundation Why Does Usability Matter? Before we delve deeper into what usability entails, it’s vital to address the importance of usability Usability matters because if users cannot achieve their goals efficiently, effectively and in a satisfactory manner, they are likely to seek an alternative solution to reach their goals
Usability: A part of the User Experience | IxDF “Usability” refers to the ease of access and or use of a product or website It’s a sub-discipline of user experience design Although user experience design (UX Design) and usability were once used interchangeably, we must now understand that usability provides an important contribution to UX; however, it’s not the whole of the experience
What is Ease of Use? — updated 2025 | IxDF Ease of use is a central usability concept Usability comprises all user experience (UX) elements relating to the ease with which users can learn, discover content and do more with a design product In UX design, usability is a minimum requirement for any successful product, but good usability alone is no guarantee of market success
System Usability Scale for Data-Driven UX | IxDF What is a System Usability Scale? John Brooke at Digital Equipment Corporation, in the U K , developed the System Usability Scale (SUS) in 1986 The SUS has since become a standard way to assess a product’s overall user-friendliness and to evaluate, of course, the usability of digital products including websites and apps—a chief province of UX designers What the SUS consists of is ten
What are Usability Reports? — updated 2025 | IxDF What are Usability Reports? Usability reports are comprehensive documents that summarize the findings, observations and recommendations of usability testing Researchers create them to provide valuable insights into how users interact with a product or service, identify usability issues and suggest potential solutions