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Not long ago having people “test” your web site meant going to a facility and literally watching people navigate your site. \u00a0A few years ago, I was recruited to be a tester for a retail site.<\/p>\nNot long ago having people “test” your web site meant going to a facility and literally watching people navigate your site. \u00a0A few years ago, I was recruited to be a tester for a retail site.<\/p>\n
The process was very cool. \u00a0I received an email with instructions that told me that I was looking for a “red shirt as a Christmas present for my Uncle Bob” with very little other instruction, I was left to find my way through the site. \u00a0Every so many clicks a survey window would pop up and ask me about my experience — did I find what I was looking for? \u00a0Was it clear? \u00a0What would work better? \u00a0Those kinds of things.<\/p>\n
Overall, it was a fascinating experience and it left me wondering if this was going to be the next evolution of usability web testing. \u00a0It certainly beat the expensive alternatives of recruiting people, having them sit in a room and record and watch their navigation and asking them questions.<\/p>\n
You’d think that these apps would pop up all over the place and that more companies would be using them. \u00a0And maybe they were — but I had never seen another survey opportunity like that.<\/p>\n