Testing and User Experience for Mobile Apps (for Students)
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The document discusses mobile application testing, emphasizing the importance of user experience (UX) in evaluating usability through aspects such as consistency, flexibility, and ergonomics. It outlines effective strategies for improving UX, such as minimizing navigation and ensuring clear feedback for user interactions. The content also highlights the significance of visual design and error handling in creating user-friendly applications while considering privacy and safety.
Testing and User Experience for Mobile Apps (for Students)
- 2. Testing by Definition The Device Psyche Mobile Common Sense and Market Trends Mobile O/S The User Experience Testing The Usability ◦ Consistency ◦ Flexibility, Efficiency and Personalization ◦ Ease of Inputs ◦ Visibility of System Status ◦ Being Realistic ◦ Ergonomics ◦ Aesthetics and Social Sense ◦ Error Handling
- 3. Testing is questioning a product in order to evaluate it. James Bach satisfice.com Testing is about asking and answering the question “Is there a problem here?” Michael Bolton DevelopSense.com
- 4. the infinite process of comparing the invisible to the ambiguous so as to avoid the unthinkable happening to the anonymous In other words, it is a challenge! Check out: Becoming a Software Testing Expert – James Bach Perfect Testing is….
- 10. Android from Google Inc. (free and open source) bada from Samsung Electronics (closed source, proprietary) BlackBerry OS from BlackBerry (closed source, proprietary) iOS from Apple Inc. (closed source, proprietary) S40 (Series40) from Nokia (closed source, proprietary) Symbian OS from Nokia and Accenture (open public license) Windows Phone from Microsoft (closed source, proprietary) And many more…
- 11. The Testing of mobile apps is all about One and One thing only: “The User Experience” a.k.a “UX”
- 12. o Increase commercial potential o Minimize support cost. o User needs and desires are reflected o UI will support both frequent and critical tasks. UX testing suggest small changes which is very cost effective when it occurs at the right point in the production cycle.
- 15. Consistency Flexibility Ergonomics Match with real world Ease of InputEfficiency Personalization Error Handling Aesthetic and Social
- 17. Left Soft Key and Right Soft Key Actions Consistency is important in selection of an image, icon and other layout of mobile application.
- 19. Supportive and Shorter UI for critical or frequent tasks
- 20. Provision of shortcuts to perform frequent tasks
- 21. Labeling on buttons to make the functions self explanatory
- 22. Minimize the navigation and make it efficient
- 23. Ensure sufficient feedback for all interaction „Help view‟ would help less-advanced users to use the application Flexibility, Efficiency and Personalization
- 24. Use of Auto Filling text fields to avoid spelling mistakes. Use of dropdown list / Selections Large enough input fields for touch screen users.
- 25. Does the user knows what is going on? A known reference Point : User must know where user is currently standing Use of progress bar for installation or loading status of items.
- 26. Proper font sizes, font color or color contrast etc.
- 27. Use of real world objects (icons, images) as much as possible
- 28. Use of self explanatory text for button, icons or images which is nearest to the real world.
- 29. Use the real time scenarios to make your application more appealing for end users.
- 31. Visual design of mobile application must be Easy to read under different condition like in sunlight or in dark night.
- 32. A glance at the display should be enough to understand the information.
- 33. Mobile devices are like companions Therefore, mobile devices must also be pleasing to use. They should look and work beautifully, and never embarrass the user in a social situation. Please don‟t take this wrong
- 34. The user‟s data Privacy and Safety and User friendly and socially acceptable UI for application.
- 35. Because mobile screens are small; Error message texts should be short and precise, yet non-technical and understandable. Error notification should propose a solution to the error and should be in user understandable language.
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