Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Usability Testing of Mobile Applications: A Comparison between Laboratory and Field Testing (23 Nov 2005) Usability testing a mobile application in the laboratory seems to be sufficient when studying user interface and navigation issues. The usability of a consumer application was tested in two environments: in a laboratory and in a field with a total of 40 test users. The same problems were found in both environments, differences occurred in the frequency of findings between the contexts. Results indicate that conducting a time-consuming field test may not be worthwhile when searching user interface flaws to improve user interaction. In spite of this, it is possible that field testing is worthwhile when combining usability tests with a field pilot or contextual study where user behavior is investigated in a natural context. Article URL: http://www.upassoc.org/upa_publications/jus/2005_november/mobile.pdf Read 64 more articles from Usability Professionals Association sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Usability Testing of Travel Websites          Books about Usability | Information Architecture | Information Visualisation | Technology History This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy