Testing a User Interface This section describes in detail some
of the tasks associated with testing a UI for a Windows
application. To fully determine the effectiveness and overall
usability of an application UI, it must be tested. Testing
exposes how easy or difficult the UI is to use for the broadest
possible audience. The time that it takes to test an application
is well worth it. This topic focuses on three primary testing
scenarios: general usability, accessibility, and automation.
Usability testing provides the opportunity to evaluate a product
by studying how real users actually use the product. This
analysis ensures that key assumptions about intended users and
interface designs are supported (or challenged) with real data.
Only by gathering this empirical data can you find out how well
the UI for a product fits your users' needs and expectations. By
observing user interaction with the product and listening to
user feedback, important features that may be difficult to find
and use are identified. Base