Automated Usability Testing

  Automated usability testing refers to the use of tools to evaluate a product or service, assessing the degree of difficulty with which a user in a given context can effectively, efficiently, and satisfactorily achieve a specific goal. There are numerous automated tools available that provide a wide range of functions that can detect flaws or issues when it comes to usability. These tools are used in a variation of usability testing, which gives insight that can be beneficial for the development team in that they can learn how to: 1. Identify the usability issue. 2. Save time and resources. 3. Gain a competitive advantage. 4. Enhance the user experience. 5. Improve brand reputations.   To understand the important contributions of these automated usability tools, two tools, Google Lighthouse, and GTMetrix, would be used in an experiment to test the usability of three different websites (GRA, GTT, GPL) by using human testers of varying degrees of compu...