Creating a usability lab for testing on mobile devices using free tools

Testing with final users allows evaluators to detect failures and problems that were not considered during the design and the different stages of development of an application or a web site. In order to be able to perform those tests is important to create an environment where user's responses, reactions and opinions while interacting with an application or a web site can be analyzed. A usability lab provides a space to gather important information during the testing process and consequently this allows making a detailed analysis of everything done. This paper shows that is possible to create a usability lab for testing on mobile devices using free tools. Furthermore, at the end of this article a study case is shown to evidence the advantages of using this methodology.