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Heuristic evaluation is a discount usability engineering method for quick, cheap and easy evaluation of a user interface design  

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Heuristic Evaluation Essay "Heuristic evaluation is a discount usability engineering method for quick, cheap and easy evaluation of a user interface design" (Neilson 1994). Should heuristic evaluation be used or should developers consider using some other technique? What is a heuristic evaluation? Well according to Jakob Neilson, the man that fabricated the system, a "Heuristic evaluation is a discount usability engineering method for quick, cheap, and easy evaluation of a user interface design" (Neilson 1994). Neilson developed this method on the basis of several years of experience with teaching and consulting about usability engineering. This system works by examining the interface and judging its compliance with recognised usability principles using a specific set of evaluators. The main purpose of this system is to identify and acquaint any problems associated with the design of user interfaces. As previously stated, an heuristic evaluation is a discount usability engineering method for quick, cheap and easy...

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