User Vision - World Usability Day 2009

After three successful World Usability Day events in recent years, User Vision are delighted to announce that on Thursday 12th November 2009, we will be hosting another great event at our Edinburgh office.

There will be a great variety of activities to entertain visitors, including interactive demonstrations, live usability and accessibility tests and workshops. The aim is to highlight the key user experience and environmental issues that many of us face on a daily basis, and with the current environmental climate, will need to continue to consider in the future.

Some of the activities we have developed for you include:

•  Tackle climate change on mobile devices: See how easy (or difficult) it is to join a community working to reduce carbon emissions using a mobile phone.
• Calculate your environmental impact online: Use online calculators to see how you can save money and reduce your carbon footprint using a range of websites. Let us know which gives you the better online experience.
• How easy is it to recycle?: Is it really as easy as following instructions? Is it learnable? See how to classify items into the correct recycling bins.
• Control your radiator settings from one device: Save energy by using a 'Honeywell Zoning Device'. Using this interface, see if you can set a different temperature in each room.
• How accessible are online carbon offsetting sites?: See live usability tests of disabled users using a range of carbon offsetting websites.
• What accessibility issues do disabled people have when recycling?: Watch a video of a disabled user to find out.
• How do adverts make you feel?: See our iMotions technology in action to find out what emotional impact adverts have on users.

Event details

Venue:  User Vision, 55 North Castle Street, Edinburgh EH2 3QA

Date: Thursday 12^th November 2009

Time: 2 to 6pm

Price:  Free!

How to book

If you would like to attend, please sign up or call 0131 225 0858. It will be an 'open house' from 2.00pm to 6.00pm, so feel free to pop in and get involved in this unique and worthwhile experience. We will be serving light refreshments throughout the afternoon and the event is free! 

We hope you can join us!

See what happened at last year's World Usability Day event.