What is the definition of usability?
Steve Krug, author of Don’t Make Me Think, puts it this way:
Steve Krug's definition of usability… @skrug @LAUXmeetup pic.twitter.com/WaIzJHf4yJ
— NELAUX (@NELAUX) June 21, 2014
His [relatively unchanged] definition:
Something is usable if a person of average (or even below average) ability and experience
- can figure out how to use the thing
- to accomplish some desired goal
- without it being more trouble than it’s worth
Thank you to NE Los Angeles UX Group for sharing it on Twitter.
