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HIRE A ZOMBIE USER
TESTING WALK THROUGH
Tester’s Name: Giuseppe Reginald Smith
(Translation is required as Mister Smith recently misplaced his speaking thingy muscle.)
Do you have any questions before we begin? (Write down what
questions tester asked).
Grunt
(Translation: No questions at this time, thank you.)
Before we look at the site, I’d like to ask you just a few
quick questions. First, what’s your occupation?
Grunt urrrrghs
(Translation: I am the CEO and owner of the nations largest mortality
challenged staffing solutions company.)
How many
hours a week would you say you spend using the Internet, including email?
Grunt. Nighttime good. urrrgh
(Translation: 40 or more)
How do you spend that time?
Urrrrrrrgh grrrgle brrrrains
(Translation: Mostly answering email or answering client questions. Some
web surfing.)
Do you have any favorite Web sites?
rrrrrrrrrrr urrrrrhg grunt uurrrr brrrrains
(Translation: Two of my favorites
sites are www.iowafarmer.com/corncam/corn.html and www.brains4zombies.com. Oh, and of
course eBay.)
Have you bought anything on the Internet? How do you feel about
buying things on the Internet?
Urreghhhhh pfffffth.
(Translation: Why, yes. Certainly. Why else would I
HAVE a Platinum card?)
And what have you bought?
Hrrdstrrrn, mrrrt, trryyyyy, rrrrrrr hrrrm spoon.
(Translation: Headstone replacements, meat, a little monkey toy that goes
clang-clang, and a Duke-of-Hazard collectors spoon. That last one was something I accidentally
bid for on eBay. I thought it was a
clock.)
On the site:
First impression: Urreghhhh uggh uggh, Gaates pfffffffth.
(Translation: Oh this exceeds my expectations. Excellent. One could use this site as springboard
for a world domination plan. Look out
Bill Gates.)
The first thing Giuseppe clicked:
The Home button, repeatedly, for several minutes.
The second thing Giuseppe clicked:
Difficult to tell. I think it was the
“available job” page. It
was hard to tell because the tester was chewing on the mouse at the
time. I don’t know if that counts
as clicking.
User Comments and observations:
Ggrrrr rrrrrrrrrrr grunt rrrrrrrrrrr brrrrains
(Translation: Giuseppe really liked clicking on the pictures. I will probably need to incorporate
enlarged picture popups or something into the site. This should make him happy. Giuseppe liked the screen colors, but
thought there should be a more gray color, gray matter, gray
something. I couldn't make this
out for certain.)
What I changed on the site after the walk through:
Nothing. I
however did need to replace my monitor, mouse, and keyboard.
All images copyrighted © Jim Emelander
Copyright 2006
Last Updated November 25, 2006
