0. Open GMail page Usability-test task

Defined during:

Usability thinking-aloud user testing (iter. 1)

Usability thinking-aloud user testing (iter. 2)

Description / objectives:

Check which browser chooses and how does he/she open GMail page

Task number:

0

Instructions for users:

You want to check your incoming email in your GMail account. Please go to GMail's login page using your preferred browser.

Preconditions:

The cache of every browsers is empty, and its starting page is www.google.com

Starting point:

The computer is showing the operating system desktop, which includes icons to launch different browsers:

IE
Chrome
Firefox
Opera

Steps:

Open the browser
Type GMail's URL into address bar

OR

Open the browser
Search for GMail (or similar) in Google
Click in some link of the results page

Success criteria:

The user arrives to GMail's login page.

Max. time:

5.00 min.

Estimated time:

1.00 min.

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