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The Reason why

Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 10, 2004 01:26 AM
The reason why there is no usability data pool is that there is no data to be had. Useablilty is simply a matter of taste and choice, that's why when you ask a quesiton about useablilty all you get is opinions. Useablilty labs are like marketing labs; they are there to gather opinions from focus groups on useablility.

The closest that open source could come is to let people vote for interfaces etc. The only "best practice" is what do most people find most useable.

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