user experience
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A Good User Experience Starts with Excellent RequirementsAdrian Reed highlights the importance of creating solid requirements in order to create a good user experience. Techniques discussed include engaging users early in the requirements cycle; stakeholder identification, categorization, and management; and process identification and modeling. | 
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Increase in Mobile Payment Options Adds to the ConfusionEveryone's investing in mobile payment technology, so why aren't customers embracing it on a larger scale? The news of a partnership between merchants and software developers to increase security and convenience may finally take the buzzword to the bank. | 
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I Can See You Now: Google Glass PreviewGoogle recently launched the new Google Glass website and unveiled more details about what the wearable headset's user can do. Pamela Rentz highlights what the unsurprisingly simple accessory can do and what the reaction to Google Glass has been so far. | 
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Wearables Fashioned to Render Smartphones ObsoleteThe power to carry a phone, camera, and computer in your hand used to be pretty impressive. With the arrival of wearable technology, we'll all soon be free from the strain of having to use our hands at all. We may just have to get used to wearing a watch, or glasses, again. |
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What Testers Should Know about Human-Computer Interaction Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is a discipline in software development that is not widely used but can be very effective. Brendan Quinn looks at ways to learn about HCI and the HCI tools and practices with which testers should become familiar. |
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Is the New "Google Now" Assistant a Siri Killer?Siri finally has real competition in the virtual assistant game; not surprisingly, it's from Google. Google Now offers the same service as Siri, but without users even having to ask for it. Will users be willing to share much more personal data to empower the mobile app to work its magic? |
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In Search of the Perfect Mobile AppThere are many factors to consider when determining what makes a mobile app successful, but nearly, if not all of them, revolve around customers' direct input and opinions. Learn how some are trying to pinpoint the path to "perfection" in the ever-changing world of mobile technology. |
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Why the Demand for Usability Will Continue to GrowUsability is an important aspect of any software system. It is often a driving factor in the popularity of software today. Yet, usability is only just in its infancy in terms of the importance it will play in future software systems. | 
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