World wide web as usability tester, collector, recruiter
Christopher Kotelly · 1997
The usability team at Wildfire Communications Inc. conducted a usability test using the World Wide Web (WWW) as a method to advertise the test, recruit participants and gather data --- all automatically.The test was conducted over the course of only 2 days during which we collected useful information from 96 people.The usability test was for a speech system using participants recruited by Internet Newsgroups, e-mail lists and the WWW. Using these resources helped us to get a large population to test the system in a short period of time.