What is Heuristic evaluation?
A heuristic evaluation is a usability inspection method for computer software that helps to identify usability problems in the user interface design. It specifically involves evaluators examining the interface and judging its compliance with recognized usability principles.
1. Visibility of system status
The above mentioned screens,
The length of the post is shown by how much progress has been made and how much has remains to type in this post.
2. Match between system and real world.
In this screen,
The edit icon can match with the system and real world. Because in the real world we use pencils to write something. So the edit icon in the system is to write something with regards to that specific task.
3. User Control and Freedom
In the above screen,
I. The User can decide whether to clear their recent searches or to keep the search history.
II. The User had the control and freedom to leave or stay on the group call page.
4. Consistency and Standards
In the above screen,
It represents the button and color that are followed consistently throughout the design.
5. Error Prevention
The above screen,
It represents that the input password doesn’t match with the above typed password. So we are providing an error message to prevent errors.
6. Recognition, Rather than Recall
The above mentioned screen,
The user can’t remember the names that they searched for. So we are providing the search history for them to recall that they previously searched for names.
7. Flexibility and efficiency of use
In the above screen,
The user can easily copy the generated code with a single tap.
8. Aesthetic and Minimalistic design
In the above mentioned screen,
There are two options, either the user joining the group or creating the group. There is not any irrelevant data on this page.
9. Help users recognize, Diagnose and recover from the errors.
In this verification page,
The User will confused whether they received the code or not.
Because sometimes the email will automatically moved to spam.
So we provide an option for the retry now option to get the another code for further activity.
10. Help and Documentation
The above mentioned page,
The user can get help within a minute.
So, if a user is facing a low level issues, they can resolve it within a minute without any other external resources.
Summary
These evaluation can make an app be a better user experience for the user.
Please find the below link for the Heuristic Principles based on my case study.
