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  • Components of Usability

Findability vs Discoverability

One major usability design flaw is when users cannot find content when making searches for basic material or when it isn’t easily accessible to mission-critical pages, this is a result of the site having low findability and discoverability.

  • Findability: Users are able to efficiently locate content or functionality in an application or website that they presume exists.

  • Discoverability: Users come across unfamiliar content or functionality without knowing beforehand.

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User experience (UX) research

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  • Evaluation of Search Interfaces

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  • Mental Models

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  • Testing Findability

  • Assessing Discoverability