’s purpose but also the its content using the 5 second testing technique.

I personally find the technique very effective, efficient and economical. The technique itself simply exams whether or not your users catch your page’s content at the first glimpse. If you fail to catch your users’ attent

User Interface Engineering introduces a way of measuring the effectiveness of your content page. In the article, the design team realizes if a user is given too much time evaluating a content page, the user would start looking at the page like a designer. To measure how effective a content page communicates with the users, the designers suggested to shorten the testing time to 5 seconds. Within a 5 second testing period, the user is asked to share their initial impressions on the page content they are tested on. If a page is designed right, the users should be able to recall the page’s content and purpose correctly.

In the example given by UIE’s design team, they tested a group of users with the Red Cross page to find out the purpose of the page’s content. In the original design, the page shows a huge title “Donation” on it. Needless to say, the tested users clearly recalled the page’s purpose when asked. But what the users did not know was what and how they can donate to Redcross. The UIE came up with a second design on which the huge title “Donation” was kept along with a list of ways to donate in a bulletin form. With the new design, the users were able to tell not only the page’s purpose but also the its content using the 5 second testing technique.

I personally find the technique very effective, efficient and economical. The technique itself simply exams whether or not your users catch your page’s content at the first glimpse. If you fail to catch your users’ attenti

nicates with the users, the designers suggested to shorten the testing time to 5 seconds. Within a 5 second testing period, the user is asked to share their initial impressions on the page content they are tested on. If a page is designed right, the users should be able to recall the page’s content and purpose correctly.

In the example given by UIE’s design team, they tested a group of users with the Red Cross page to find out the purpose of the page’s content. In the original design, the page shows a huge title “Donation” on it. Needless to say, the tested users clearly recalled the page’s purpose when asked. But what the users did not know was what and how they can donate to Redcross. The UIE came up with a second design on which the huge title “Donation” was kept along with a list of ways to donate in a bulletin form. With the new design, the users were able to tell not only the page’s purpose but also the its content using the 5 second testing technique.

I personally find the technique very effective, efficient and economical. The technique itself simply exams whether or not your users catch your page’s content at the first glimpse. If you fail to catch your users’ attent

d purpose correctly.

In the example given by UIE’s design team, they tested a group of users with the Red Cross page to find out the purpose of the page’s content. In the original design, the page shows a huge title “Donation” on it. Needless to say, the tested users clearly recalled the page’s purpose when asked. But what the users did not know was what and how they can donate to Redcross. The UIE came up with a second design on which the huge title “Donation” was kept along with a list of ways to donate in a bulletin form. With the new design, the users were able to tell not only the page’s purpose but also the its content using the 5 second testing technique.

I personally find the technique very effective, efficient and economical. The technique itself simply exams whether or not your users catch your page’s content at the first glimpse. If you fail to catch your users’ attent

purpose when asked. But what the users did not know was what and how they can donate to Redcross. The UIE came up with a second design on which the huge title “Donation” was kept along with a list of ways to donate in a bulletin form. With the new design, the users were able to tell not only the page’s purpose but also the its content using the 5 second testing technique.

I personally find the technique very effective, efficient and economical. The technique itself simply exams whether or not your users catch your page’s content at the first glimpse. If you fail to catch your users’ attent

’s purpose but also the its content using the 5 second testing technique.

I personally find the technique very effective, efficient and economical. The technique itself simply exams whether or not your users catch your page’s content at the first glimpse. If you fail to catch your users’ attentions, your design is proved to be ineffective. The reason is because most users are impatient with subtle page contents.

The technique is considered efficient, because it only takes 5 seconds. When you are not sure if your design is effective to the targeted audience, show your design to them and ask for their feedbacks. It only takes 5 seconds to do it and you can get a fairly accurate estimation on the effectiveness of your design within an hour of time.

In addition, the technique is totally economical. You only need to bring a laptop with you and ask for people’s participations. It is not that hard and expensive compared to regular usability test.

However, there are limitations. This technique is only effective if the tested website that serves a single primary purpose. If a website serves more than one purpose, for example, an e-commerce site, the technique cannot generate valuable results. On top of that, it is not to replace regular usability tests in which users are more likely to provide a comprehensive feedback of their user experiences of your website. Remember, the technique is only recommended to test the effectiveness of a page’s content.