February 6th, 2008
Drupal Partners with U of M Libraries - Formal Lab Usability Testing of D6
Drupal Usability Testing
An evaluator at the usability lab reviews a site.
Eye tracking technology helps identify points of interest.
Heat maps indicate site usage patterns.
We are pleased to announce that the are partnering with the Drupal development community on the first round of formal usability testing for the Drupal open source content management platform, to take place in February 2008.
- Testing will be conducted at the University's with the generous support of .
- Seven Drupal community members, including project lead Dries Buytaert, will be on-site as members of the usability test team.
- Results will be presented at Drupalcon Boston, where we’ll discuss future directions indicated by the test results as well as next steps for further usability testing.
- To get involved or to learn more, see in the Usability Group.
Our goal is to provide the Drupal development community with a baseline picture of Drupal’s usability for common user tasks. In doing so, the University Libraries hope to improve user experience in a new generation of Drupal-based tools for discovering, managing, and sharing information.
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