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BugHuntress QA Lab. Mobile usability testing: problems and solutions

03.29.2008 · Posted in Links

High-quality usability of mobile applications can be a winning competitive advantage in the today’s software market.

Nonetheless, BugHuntress QA Lab experience in independent software testing showed that high-quality user interfaces occurred in about 70% of desktop applications, while a similar number for mobile applications is about 40%.

This article covers the following topics:
– What usability is in brief;
– Basic standards of the user interface;
– Mobile standards;
– Mobile interface peculiarity: left-handed mode; speed vs. satisfaction; landscape mode;
– General problems of mobile usability;
– Successful solutions;
– Automation of usability testing;
– Independent usability testing services.
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