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Tools to test design of a web application

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I have already discussed what to check when we are testing the design of a web application. That post is design and usability testing  . Here I'm going to tell the tools which help us in design testing. Color Check For checking the color in RGB or Hexacode format Colorzilla Add-On in Firefox Color picker/Eye Dropper Extensions of chrome Color Picker in Windows Size To check the size (in pixels) of different sections of web page Measure It Add On in Firefox and chrome Font Check Font finder for checking the font style and complete details of text position in the web page. Font finder in firefox ContextFont Add Ons in Firefox. Select the text whose font needs to be checked then right click. Its font will be shown there. Font editor in Chrome helps in editing the font in the web page to check which font will work and look better. Check for below image containing F after installing Font editor in Chrome. Check this link for different convers

Design and Usability testing

When you go to meet a person for some purpose…. and if he has got a scary and unfriendly appearance. What would be your next step? Dropping the idea of meeting him and searching for another person, who can receive you properly and serve your purpose perfectly with good responses. Am I Right? Now in above statement, think that you are a customer and you visited a web site. And website is the another person who is not so approachable. Here the approach of the web site is design and performance of the site. Visitor will switch to another web site if he is not pleased by its appearance, its performance, its usability. Visitors will explore the site more if they are satisfied. After all this, user tries to check if his purpose is solved or not. Testing functionality, end to end flow, performance is normally done for all web applications. But, what about design and usability testing? In this post I’m going to explain factors to be considered to test a design of an application. Con