UsabilityTesting.tv

JoomlaWebGroup.com is a web design company specializes in Joomla CMS. I was asked by CEO Sandra to do some usability testing.

This test was a part of the Usability Testing Workshop I conducted on Joomla Day West, where I thought participants how to facilitate a usability testing session.

This test was a part of the Usability Testing Workshop I conducted on Joomla Day West, where I thought participants how to facilitate a usability testing.

It’s no secret that I am a big fan of the corePHP people. They are not only some of the nicest people I’ve ever met, they are also super professional and created one of my favorite extensions: Wordpress for Joomla. So when they asked me to perform usability testing on what was then a pre-release version of their new site, I was more than happy to help.

Tasks:

1. Register and pay
2. Browse the speakers and "hire" them
3. Make application to speak

This live usability testing took place at the CMS Expo, Usability Testing Workshop.

This live usability testing took place at the CMS Expo, Usability Testing Workshop.

This live usability testing took place at the CMS Expo, Usability Testing Workshop.

scoreateetime.com is a new exciting service for golfers. It allows golfers to find tee-times available in their area. The guys from scoreateetime.com are very serious about usability and asked me to perform usability testing on their beta site. This is the second round of testing, the first one remains private.

Morph is a new and revolutionary template from JoomlaJunkie.com. It's the first template I've seen that includes a component!

A few months ago, Scott from TheMediationMind.com has asked me to perform Usability Testing on his site, and back then I found some major problems and the look and feel wasn't quite there yet. Since then the site has improved dramatically but there are still some tweaks that need to be made.

I am a huge JomSocial fan. I use it all the time and enjoy almost every minute. But like any website and application JomSocial’s usability too has room for improvement. The mistakes aren’t huge but they are easily fixed.

WorldFriends.tv is a social/dating site mainly for the Asian community. Founder Dominic has asked me to test the following 4 tasks:

JomSocial is a new exciting Joomla extension. Up until now we had to work with Community Builder which is buggy, hard to use and can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars to fix (trust me, I've done that). From first look at JomSocial, it appears that it's a HUGE quantum leap from Community Builder, starting from how easy it is to use (without reading the manual!), to the way the profile looks on the front end.

Alledia.com are the leading Joomla SEO experts. They have a great blog with a lot of content and offer some much-needed SEO services to the growing Joomla community. I am familiar with their site, but was still able to find some very major problems and point them in the right direction.

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.

Hibooth.com is a new site, currently in beta, that is offering a virtual booth for individuals and companies to present their services/products. Founder Ping has asked me to perform the following tasks:

Joanna Garzilli is "America's Intuition Coach," a TV host and a well-known psychic to the stars. She has also released a new book called "Unleash The Psychic In You." Joanna is using WordPress for her site, which is a great start already. And because her site was pretty good to start with, I was able to focus on a basic SEO overview.

JoomSuite is a popular Joomla extension provider. The site has many products and a number of them are quite complex. Founder Sergey Romanov asked me to compete four tasks:

The Meditation Mind is currently "under construction" but is meant to be a large portal for meditation-related websites. I was asked by founder Scott Desgrosseilliers to test it, even though the site is not yet finished. It's a good idea to test your site even before it's launched so that problems can be fixed before customers see them.