by Rolf Molich, Jurek Kirakowski

Abstract Despite numerous empirical studies of practices in software development, little is known about cooperation between front-end developers and User Experience (UX) professionals. This paper provides insights into how front-end developers view UX professionals and what they expect from UX professionals. This is important for UX professionals who want to know their users to better […] Read More about A Study of Front-End Developers’ Views of UX Professionals: Usability Tests Are Like Unicorns

by Tharon W. Howard, Laurie Gray, Alicia Hatter, Jurek Kirakowski, Dick Miller, Ginny Redish, Maggie Reilly, Carol Righi, Carl Zetie

Article Contents UTEST, the online community of user experience (UX) practitioners and researchers, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. If you are a member, you know it as a place where you can ask questions, get help and opinions from your UX colleagues, contribute to discussions, find out about potential jobs and interesting non-profit events, […] Read More about The UTEST Community: Celebrating 20 Years of a Safe Space for UX Discussions

by Rolf Molich, Jarinee Chattratichart, Veronica Hinkle, Janne Jul Jensen, Jurek Kirakowski, Jeff Sauro, PhD, Tomer Sharon, Brian Traynor

Abstract This paper reports on the approach and results of CUE-8, the eighth in a series of Comparative Usability Evaluation studies. Fifteen experienced professional usability teams simultaneously and independently measured a baseline for the usability of the car rental website Budget.com. The CUE-8 study documented a wide difference in measurement approaches. Teams that used similar […] Read More about Rent a Car in Just 0, 60, 240 or 1,217 Seconds? – Comparative Usability Measurement, CUE-8