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New Feature: Dividing Your Test Instructions into Step-by-Step Tasks
We're happy to introduce a new feature for our  remote user testing platform Userbrain that allows you to divide your test instructions into step-by-step tasks.

How Product Managers Can Work Better with UX Designers
The Internet is the most competitive space, and the right design can distinguish the product from the rest.

138 FREE ebooks on User Experience, Usability, User Interface Design and more
Human behavior is amazing. That’s probably why it's so easy to fall in love with user-centered design. It’s a broad subject that is based on human-computer interaction, psychological...

Moderated vs. Unmoderated User Tests
The difference between moderated and unmoderated tests is that in the case of moderated tests you have to be present (on site, via Skype, etc.

What the «User Observation Lunch« is and why you need it
With us, the viewing together of test videos usually takes place at irregular intervals. In one week, for example, we spend a whole morning just looking at test videos, but in the...

Why you should watch your user test videos together with your team
Usability expert Jared Spool published a remarkable article in 2011 entitled “Fast Path to a Great UX - Increased Exposure Hours”.

5 Tips for User Test Scenarios
You don’t have to be a usability expert to improve your product through user testing. How many usability problems you’ll find in your tests depends primarily on your test scenario...

User Testing: How many people should you test with
Imagine that you have a porcelain store. One day a piercing scream rings through the shop, followed closely by that feared sound of things breaking on the floor. When you get to the...

The myth of the perfect user test participant
The only really big mistake you can make in user testing is not to start testing. However, this is something that often happens, when people wish to start their first tests and frantically...

10 Usability and User Experience Statistics Every Product Manager Needs to Know
User experience is an essential aspect of design that is often overlooked. When this happens, something almost always goes wrong. That is why its value should be understood so it gets...

The Hidden Secrets of UX
It’s often said that the best design is invisible. After all, a user trying to accomplish a task on a website or app is likely thinking about their goal and not the site (in the...

Userbrain Now Supports Demographics
We're excited to announce the launch of your most requested feature: Demographic targeting. You’ll now be able to select the gender, region, and age of your participants and still...

The Irrational Fear of “Professional Testers”
Many product teams are concerned about testing with so-called “professional testers”. Professional testers are people who have already participated in several user tests before...

How to Apply UX Principles to Your Next Automated Email Marketing Campaign
Marketing automation is a fantastic tool, but many marketers seem to forget that first of all, it’s just a tool.

The ROI of User Testing: Why Improving Your Website’s Usability Is Always Worthwhile
The impact of investments in user experience projects is measurable in dollars and cents and can be directly linked to revenues.

The 5 Best Tips to do User Testing on a Small Budget
By definition, user testing (also referred to as usability testing) is the process through which the interface and functions of a website, app, product or service are tested by real...

3 Reasons Why Usability Testing Isn’t Part of Your Workflow
We believe the Web is about people. And that usability testing is the perfect way to understand these people and to improve your website based on their goals and needs, their feedback...

Userbrain Backstage: Making Usability Testing a Habit
Want to learn more about how we started Userbrain, how we work, and our future plans and projects we have in store? If so then this Founder Talk interview we recently did with the...

Userbrain vs. Usertesting.com
Looking for an alternative to UserTesting? Think UserTesting's service is expensive and complex? We do too.

New Userbrain Feature: Annotations
We're excited to release a much-anticipated feature that makes the analysis of your usability videos – and therefore, your workflows – even better: Annotations.

Everything You Need to Know About Proactive Usability Testing
Proactive Usability Testing - what it is, how it works, and why it would be smart to make it a habit.

How to Excite Stakeholders to Start Usability Testing
We asked our readers to tell us about their biggest challenges when it comes to usability testing and it seems like getting buy-in from internal and external stakeholders is one of...

How to Have Successful Conversations With Your Visitors
Visiting a website is not the same thing as riding a roller coaster. Most people don't come to your site to experience the joy of using it. They come for the content, or in other words...

Why Designers Should Do Usability Tests
We did a lot of usability tests in the past – for our own designs as well as for web sites and software designed by other people.

Design The User Not The Experience
Help people become better versions of themselves. That's in a nutshell what I believe to be the secret of any great design. It's not about the user interface or the user experience...