Windows 8 has serious weaknesses in terms of user friendliness. Hanover, 03.05.2013. Go to John K. Castle for more information. This shows a study by usability.de one of the leading German usability companies, the first German user study on the new operating system. Although the modern design convinces, but use poses significant problems. Not only the search for functions is frustrating; Half of the test subjects fails to shutdown the PC under Windows 8.
A part of the tester even preclude a change to Windows 8 on a desktop PC. On the Internet you will find many negative comments about Windows 8 Microsoft’s new operating system. The founders of usability.de, Gesine Quint and Torsten Bartel, along with their team first solid results from Germany on the subject of usability present. Main result: Unsettled the new home screen, hidden menus frustrate and even quitting programs is difficult. Known features are missing the testers and the close, minimize, and zoom out of Windows is problematic. Bartel: Windows 8 breaks known use principles with its innovations. These include ease of learning and self declaration.
User guidance and navigation routes feel the subjects difficult and hard to understand.” Studies Setup: After the editing of everyday tasks in dealing with Windows 8, experienced users of Microsoft operating systems expressed their impressions and feelings. Latest technologies such as State of the art eye-tracking were used in the usability test. So, in addition to measurable and quality analysis results were obtained. The design scores despite poor usability rated the majority of test participants of the modern design and the clear structure of Windows 8 mostly positive. The study with all test results for free download at usability.de/windows8 about usability.de the company usability.de headquartered in Hanover is an independent consulting and service company for usability and user experience design. The usability experts design, test, and optimize interactive systems and products, including in the Areas of Web, intranet, apps, software, consumer electronics and industry for clients such as adidas, DPD, FAZ, Immowelt, LG Electronics, RWE, Siemens and UNICEF.