Heuristic evaluation of visual editing on iOS and Android phones

Goal

Evaluate the usability of the 5 basic tasks using visual editing on both iOS and Android phones. This heuristic was done to evaluate if the functionality is ready to be usability tested with new and learning editors.

Heuristics Used

Nielsen/Norman 10 Heuristics for User Interface Design

Tasks Tested

Basic editing tasks:  

add text (words / sentences)  

add text (paragraph)  

format text  

add a link  

add a citation  

Findings

Presentation of findings.

We shared these findings with the team building visual editing on mobile, filed phabricator tasks to address bugs and UX issues, and discussed next steps toward addressing issues observed.