WordFriends.tv Usability Testing Report test

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WorldFriends.tv is a social/dating site mainly for the Asian community. Founder Dominic has asked me to test the following 4 tasks: Tasks: Register (for free). Upload photo Purchase a paid subscription. Invite their friends to register (for free) using the Invite feature. Watch the usability test video Video summary and suggestions: Register The logo should have a .tv in case they forget. The most obvious thing is the “register” button, that’s good. It’s telling me that there is an error before I even have a chance to enter the password/email verification Maybe the most popular countries should be on top (Japan and USA) Privacy and terms should not take to a new [...] read more »

Top 10 Usability Mistakes on Match.com

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I have been a user of Match.com for some time, and the site has a number of usability issues that have long bothered me. This list explains the ten biggest problems on the site that affect members. Watch the usability test video: Video summary and suggestions: 1. Some links look like text; some text looks like links that look like text. Links should always look like links and text should always look like text. The link to the members’ profile on Match’s search results however doesn’t look like a link. In fact, it looks exactly the same as the heading text. On the [...] read more »

Yahoo Personals Usability Testing Report

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Yahoo! Personals is one of the most popular dating sites on the Web. Because I am familiar with this site, the test is not 100 percent accurate, but I tried to focus on registering to the site as a user who doesn’t already own a Yahoo! account. I determined five tasks: Register to the dating site. Subscribe (pay) to join the dating site. View Who’s Online in my area. Send an email to a member. View my sent email and discover its status. Because of some of the difficulties I encountered on the site, all of those tasks took too long to complete so I decided to [...] read more »