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Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital applications. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us happy. Hence the name: Happy Stories. In the previous Happy...

Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital applications. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us happy. Hence the name: Happy Stories. After a long day of...

Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital applications. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us happy. Hence the name: Happy Stories. In Happy Stories #4...

We can’t stress it enough: it’s very important to write down your insights. Not just because it will tell you what your users do, it will tell you why users do it. With the answers on the ‘why’ you’ll be able to develop the right solutions, now and in the...

Test facilities, check. Respondents, check. Test setup, check. The only thing you have to take care of is writing down the test results in a structured way so you can actually take actions after the test. ObslogThe test observation template (obslog) helps...

Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital products. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us happy. Hence the name; Happy Stories. Recruiting the right...

Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital products. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us happy. Hence the name; Happy Stories. The godfather of...

Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital products. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us happy. Hence the name; Happy Stories. Many agencies and...

Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital products. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us happy. Hence the name; Happy Stories. Last week we’ve shared...

Happy Labs in the media!You might remember we launched our The Hague office at the end of 2018. Well.. it did got picked up by the media; Emerce, Fonk and Dagblad070. But an -almost page filling- interview with our mr. Happy (Vincent) for the well known...

The basis for a successful test is good preparation. By working out the test in advance to the smallest detail, you will not face surprises on the day itself. A useful tool for this is the Test Script. During the tests we facilitate, we also use this tool....

Get the best out of every respondentWhen you conduct usability tests, the most important thing is: the respondent! When you do regular interviews, you have probably noticed that you talk easier with some respondents than with others. We have put together...

Je eigen UX LabWaar je aan moet denken bij het hebben van je eigen in-house UX Lab.Het hebben van een eigen in-house lab is voor veel bedrijven aantrekkelijk maar het brengt ook nadelen met zich mee. In deze blog leggen we uit wat de voor en nadelen zijn...

What a year!We can hardly believe what happened this year. We think it is extremely important that everyone talks to their users. Based on this idea we started with the Happy Labs concept. In January we opened the doors of the first independent UX Lab in...

Happy Stories #6: The pros and cons of different test locationsWelcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital products. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us...

Happy Stories #5: How to set up a user test? Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital products. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us happy. Hence the...

Happy Stories #4: The right time to test within your development processWelcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital applications. Tests ensure happy users and...

Happy Stories #3: Top 10 user testing methods Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital applicaties. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us happy. Hence...

Happy Stories #2: Happy testing at Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital applications. Tests ensure happy users and that makes...

Happy Stories #1: 5 reasons why user testing is inevitable Welcome to Happy Stories! Every week we’ll keep you up-to-date on the latest developments in the area of UX research and testing of digital applications. Tests ensure happy users and that makes us...