Your competitors are free prototypes
Google Ventures UX Researcher Michael Margolis makes an incredibly valuable point: treat your competitor’s software as prototypes. Run usability tests on the apps to see what’s working and what isn’t. Show your users a competitor’s marketing website to see what messages resonate or not. Compare and contrast the experience. Published on DesignStaff…probably the best blog going on user research and design.
Published: December 8th, 2012
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