Launching a web app? Read this first (Lessons learned)

teej wrote: post #3

tod wrote: post #2

in short... make a website usable. thx for the tip

If it were that simple and obvious, people wouldn't be making these mistakes over and over again.

You're right. It's not like we weren't aware of making these mistakes, we were so clouded and close to the project that you become blind to them. You need to force your way out of that...

Re: Launching a web app? Read this first (Lessons learned)

#5

Post by thorax » Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 11:08 PM UTC

mootymoots wrote: post #4

teej wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it were that simple and obvious, people wouldn't be making these mistakes over and over again.

You're right. It's not like we weren't aware of making these mistakes, we were so clouded and close to the project that you become blind to them. You need to force your way out of that...

One of the ways we've used in the past is that FeedbackArmy service. For $7 or whatever, it's a great way to ask a few questions like "What does this site do?" to a lot of random folks you'll never know or see.

Re: Launching a web app? Read this first (Lessons learned)

#6

Post by tmilewski » Tue, Feb 24, 2009, 11:51 PM UTC

Ultimately, usability testing is KEY!